IDENTIFYING COLOR CODE – Ogive (nose) is translucent white plastic, olive drab projectile body with yellow markings, cartridge case is green with yellow markings
CASE TYPE – M169 Semi-rimmed straight
CARTRIDGE LENGTH – 11.21 cm (4.415 in)
CASING LENGTH – 52.75 mm (2.077 in)
CASE HEAD DIAMETER – 41.25 mm (1.624 in
CASE RIM DIAMETER – 43.65 mm (1.719 in)
PROJECTILE TYPE – High velocity, ground burst, high explosive, internally segmented fragmentation with ground-detecting proximity fuze
PROJECTILE DIAMETER – 41.20 mm (1.623 in) at rotating band
PROJECTILE WEIGHT – 0.24 kg (8.5 oz)
POWDER WEIGHT – 4.64 g (76.1 grains) M2 Propellant
FILLER – Composition A-5
FILLER WEIGHT – 0.053 kg (1.684 HE oz)
FUZE TYPE – M596 Proximity fuze with impact and graze function
CASING WEIGHT – 0.095 kg (3.35 oz)
TOTAL ROUND WEIGHT – 0.34 kg (12 oz)
MUZZLE VELOCITY – 244 m/s (795 fps)
NOMINAL BARREL LENGTH – 41.3 cm (16.26 in)
MINIMUM (ARMING) RANGE – 125 m (137 yards)
MAXIMUM RANGE – 2,200 m (2,406 yards)
EFFECT – Blast and fragmentation in air burst, altitude of burst varies according to ground surface or target
