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Type 73 HEAT

Projectile  
China

The Type 73 HEAT is a 100 mm high explosive anti-tank fin-stabilised tracer (HEAT-FS-T) anti-armour projectile, which is thought to be equipped with the MD-1G piezoelectric-based point-initiating base-detonating (PIBD) fuze. The Type 73 HEAT combines features of the Russian 100 mm 3BK5 (3БК5)/3BK5M (3БК5М) and 3BK3 (3БК3) HEAT-FS-T projectiles, but use a Chinese fuzing system. The fuzed Type 73 HEAT projectile is combined with a brass-cased...

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