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artillery ammunition Weapon Systems

Weapon systems and military equipment tagged artillery ammunition.

9 weapon systems

BR-471 122 mm armor-piercing projectile, 122 mm armor-piercing projectile, Munitions

MunitionsBR-471 122 mm armor-piercing projectile122 mm armor-piercing projectileSide: UnknownBuilt: Soviet ordnance industry / Soviet UnionBR-471 is a Soviet 122 mm armor-piercing projectile used with the A-19 and related D-25-family guns. Identification guides describe it as a spin-stabilised anti-armour round, and reference material ties it to the A-19, D-25, D-25S, and A-19S 122 mm weapon family while giving its standard 25 kg projectile mass and 390 mm overall length.

122 mm artillery round, 122 mm artillery ammunition, Munitions

Munitions122 mm artillery round122 mm artillery ammunitionSide: UnknownBuilt: Various Soviet and international producers / Soviet Union / multiple countriesThe 122 mm artillery round is a family-level label for Soviet-origin medium-caliber artillery ammunition used by howitzers and other 122 mm artillery systems. In open-source reporting on the AQ-400 Scythe, the round appears as a standard carried payload, usually described as a pair of 122 mm artillery rounds rather than a specific named shell model.

OF-462, 122 mm high-explosive fragmentation shell, Munitions

MunitionsOF-462122 mm high-explosive fragmentation shellSide: UnknownBuilt: Soviet ordnance industry / Soviet UnionOF-462 is a Soviet 122 mm high-explosive fragmentation shell used in 122 mm howitzer ammunition families. Wikipedia's D-30 table lists OF-462 at 21.76 kg with 3.675 kg of TNT and 690 m/s from maximum propellant charge, while the A-19 ammunition table says the gun could fire 122 mm howitzer shells and lists OF-462 at 765 m/s with charge no. 1. STV Group later describes an HE-462 projectile equivalent to OF-462, showing the same round family in current export ammunition documentation.

3OF56 122 mm Frag-HE Rocket Assisted Projectile, 122 mm rocket-assisted high-explosive fragmentation projectile, Munitions

Munitions3OF56 122 mm Frag-HE Rocket Assisted Projectile122 mm rocket-assisted high-explosive fragmentation projectileSide: UnknownBuilt: Various Soviet / Russian producers / Soviet Union / Russian Federation3OF56 is a Soviet-era 122 mm rocket-assisted high-explosive fragmentation projectile listed for the 2A31 gun on the 2S1 Gvozdika and other compatible 122 mm artillery pieces. Open-source reference data describes it as a spin-stabilised HE-frag round developed in the early 1980s and introduced into Soviet service around 1985.

Cartridge 122 mm HE with reduced charge, 122 mm separate-loaded high-explosive artillery cartridge, Munitions

MunitionsCartridge 122 mm HE with reduced charge122 mm separate-loaded high-explosive artillery cartridgeSide: UnknownBuilt: STV Group / Czech RepublicCartridge 122 mm HE with reduced charge is a Czech-produced separate-loaded 122 mm high-explosive artillery cartridge from STV Group. STV says the Nb 122 HE round is intended for the 2S1 Gvozdika and D-30 howitzers, combines an HE-462 projectile equivalent to OF-462 with a reduced Ž 10 propelling charge, and reaches about 12.9 km.

Cartridge 122 mm HE with full charge, 122 mm separate-loaded high-explosive cartridge, Munitions

MunitionsCartridge 122 mm HE with full charge122 mm separate-loaded high-explosive cartridgeSide: UnknownBuilt: STV GROUP a.s. / Czech RepublicCartridge 122 mm HE with full charge is STV Group's separate-loaded 122 mm high-explosive cartridge for the 2S1 Gvozdika and D-30 howitzers. The Czech-made Nb 122 HE round uses the HE-462 projectile, a Ž 9-1 full propelling charge, and is published with a 690 m/s muzzle velocity and about 15.3 km maximum range.

OF-45 High-Explosive Fragmentation Projectile, 152 mm high-explosive fragmentation projectile, Munitions

MunitionsOF-45 High-Explosive Fragmentation Projectile152 mm high-explosive fragmentation projectileSide: UnknownBuilt: Soviet / Russian ordnance program / Soviet Union / RussiaThe OF-45 is a Soviet/Russian 152 mm high-explosive fragmentation projectile in the separate-loading artillery family developed from 1966 onward. Forecast International identifies it among the rounds fired by the 2A64 cannon on the 2S19 Msta-S, and open references describe the shell as a 43.56 kg round with a 24.7 km range from that gun.

Sayda incendiary round, Incendiary 240 mm rocket-assisted projectile, Munitions

MunitionsSayda incendiary roundIncendiary 240 mm rocket-assisted projectileSide: UnknownBuilt: Soviet defense industry / Soviet UnionSayda is the Soviet incendiary member of the 240 mm rocket-assisted mortar projectile family for the M-240 and 2S4 Tyulpan. Armament Research Services identifies it alongside the other 240 mm special-purpose rounds that use the 3M15 rocket motor, while the National Interest notes that Sayda incendiary projectiles were intended to set buildings aflame.

3O8 Nerpa, Rocket-assisted cargo projectile for 240 mm mortars, Munitions

Munitions3O8 NerpaRocket-assisted cargo projectile for 240 mm mortarsSide: UnknownBuilt: Soviet defense industry / Soviet UnionThe 3O8 Nerpa is a Soviet 240 mm rocket-assisted cargo projectile for the 2S4 Tyulpan and M-240 heavy mortar systems. ARES documents it as the cargo round in the family of Soviet 240 mm rocket-assisted projectiles, with 14 O-10 submunitions and a reported range up to 19.3 km.