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Originally Posted by MtnGoat
Diddo- name the below on this munition.
1) Type by function
2) Safety Hazards
3) What is the Munition (UXO) and what weapon "fires" this UXO.
4) Type and name of Fuze.
5) BIP method?
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Well, I've been abiding by the 7-day wait period. It might just be the angle, but the two UXOs look to be similar but not the same - the new picture looks to be longer overall, with an elongated ogive. If they are the same, I'm already sure I'm wrong. My answer for the first one:
1. 90mm projectile, anti-armor HE Squash-Head shell (M691). Intended to blow the interior of an armor plate loose as killing fragments without necessarily penetrating the armor directly.
2. HE/FRAG/MOVE/EMR/STATIC/FIRE/LUCKY/JET.
3. Unexpended shell from a M691A2 HESH round. Fired by 90mm cannon. Not sure when this round was introduced, or when (or if) it was retired. Lots of things have fired 90 mm over the years, back (at least) as far as the M1 Anti-aircraft Gun in WW2. The M48A3 tank, Light Armored Vehicle-Assault Gun (LAV-AG), M67 90-mm recoilless rifle, and M56 Scorpion self-propelled Antitank Gun all used 90 mm.
4. Impact or graze fuze. Have not found an part number.
5. I can google links to FMs for EOD, but they all require more than my email-only AKO. So I'm stuck with "set C4 next to it" and "shoot from a distance to trigger the impact fuze."