IDENTIFYING COLOR CODE – Brown or Green anodized cartridge case with black and yellow ink lettering, White projectile body with red cap, Raised letter “R” on top of cap along with 5 raised pips equidistant around the top of the cap.
CASE TYPE – M195 Semi-rimmed straight
CARTRIDGE LENGTH – 13.38 cm (5.27 in)
CASING LENGTH – 3 cm (1.18 in)
CASE HEAD DIAMETER – 41.2 mm (1.623 in)
CASE RIM DIAMETER – 43.60 mm (1.715 in)
PROJECTILE TYPE – Pyrotechnic carrier
PROJECTILE LENGTH – 11.13 cm (4.38 in)
PROJECTILE DIAMETER – 41.22 mm (1.623 in) at rotating band
PROJECTILE WEIGHT – 0.159 kg (5.61 oz)
POWDER WEIGHT – 0.330 g (5.09 grains)
FILLER – Red flare candle composition contained in a phenolic-coated kraft paper cylinder with a central ignition hole. Five cylinders stacked in the projectile body on a nose-ejection charge
FUZE TYPE – Pyrotechnic, initiated on firing
FUZE DELAY – 5 seconds
CASING WEIGHT – 0.045 kg (1.5 oz)
TOTAL ROUND WEIGHT – 0.204 kg (7.2 oz)
MUZZLE VELOCITY – 76 m/s (250 fps)
NOMINAL BARREL LENGTH – 35.6 cm (14 in)
MAXIMUM ALTITUDE – 168 m (550 feet) at 85⁰
EFFECT – Candles burn for 7 seconds at 25,000 candlepower during free-fall
