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NAME – 40x53mm M918 Practice

NAME (COMMON) – M918 TP

CALIBER – 40x53mm SR

TYPE – Target practice round with marking warhead

YEAR OF INTRODUCTION –

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA

IDENTIFYING COLOR CODE – Projectile is blue with black markings and 1 brown band below the ogive, ogive is blue with 1 annular groove below nose, unpainted copper rotating band cartridge case is green with yellow markings

CASE TYPE – M169 Semi-rimmed straight

CARTRIDGE LENGTH – 11.22 cm (4.42 in)

CASING LENGTH – 53 mm (2.09 in)

CASE HEAD DIAMETER – 41.3 mm (1.62 in

CASE RIM DIAMETER – 43.6 mm (1.716 in)

PROJECTILE TYPE – Steel projectile body with central aluminum capsule containing flash charge

PROJECTILE DIAMETER – 41.20 mm (1.623 in) at rotating band

PROJECTILE WEIGHT – 0.245 kg (8.64 oz)

POWDER WEIGHT – 4.20 g (64.82 grains) M2 Propellant

FILLER – Pyrotechnic flash charge composition

FILLER WEIGHT – 0.001 kg (0.04 oz)

FUZE TYPE – M550

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 – 18 to 30 m (59 to 98 feet)

MAXIMUM RANGE – 2,195 m (2,400 yards)

EFFECT – Flash and loud report on impact

MANUFACTURER –

STATUS – Production

SERVICE – US Military and Allies

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