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M42 (DP Submunition)
The M42 is a US-developed, dual-purpose (DP), artillery projectile submunition (a grenade in US nomenclature), which provides anti-personnel (AP)/anti-matériel (AM), and anti-armour (AA) effects. Overview The M42 is carried by a number of US-developed 155 mm and 203 mm artillery projectiles, with further details available in the 'Usage' area of this entry. The M42 is supplemented by its M46 variant in number of projectiles, and would for...
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