Profile
- Origin
- France
- Built by
- Nexter Munitions
- Type
- 90 mm high-explosive fin-stabilized projectile
- Service note
- Cold War-era French vehicle-gun ammunition still listed in modern catalogs.
Munitions
90 mm HE projectile
Also known as
- OE-90-F1
- OE 90 F1
- French Cartridge, 90-mm, HE, OE 90 F1
- 90mm OE 90 F1
- 90 mm F1 HE projectile
The 90 mm HE projectile is the French OE 90 F1 high-explosive, fin-stabilized cartridge for the CN90F1 / 90 mm F1 vehicle-gun lineage. Forecast International lists OE 90 F1 under Nexter Munitions and the related Luchaire line, while ordnance references identify the full French cartridge label and explosive weight. The record remains relationship-only because the consulted sources support ammunition identity and firing-gun compatibility, not exact-round use in a named conflict.
Profile / Specs
Specifications
- Caliber
- 90 mm
- Designation
- OE 90 F1
- Projectile form
- High explosive, fin stabilized
- Net explosive weight
- 1.55 kg
- Compatible gun
- GIAT CN90F1 / 90 mm F1 gun family
- Gun aliases
- CN90F1, DEFA D921, GIAT 90 mm F1
- Gun type
- 90 mm light gun firing fin-stabilized projectiles
- Fuze references
- Iraq ordnance-guide fuze tables associate OE 90 F1 / 0E90F1 with FUI-F1 and FUI-F2 projectile-fuze entries
- Related HE designations
- OE 90 F2 and OE 90 S G1 are listed near OE 90 F1 in the same Nexter 90 mm ammunition section
Variants
Open references expose several French 90 mm high-explosive labels. This page centers on OE 90 F1 because both the ordnance guide and Forecast International identify that exact designation.
| Variant | Configuration | Designation notes |
|---|---|---|
| OE 90 F1 | High-explosive, fin-stabilized round | Forecast International lists 90mm OE 90 F1 as a high-explosive, fin-stabilized round under Nexter Munitions and also in the Luchaire product-line context. |
| OE 90 F2 | Adjacent 90 mm HE designation | Forecast International lists OE 90 F2 next to OE 90 F1 in the Nexter Munitions 90 mm tank-gun ammunition section; the consulted sources do not provide the same ordnance-guide detail for F2. |
| OE 90 S G1 | Adjacent 90 mm HE designation | Forecast International lists OE 90 S G1 as another 90 mm high-explosive designation in the Nexter Munitions section. |
Firing Weapons
The 90 mm HE projectile is documented as ammunition fired by the AML-90's GIAT CN90F1 / 90 mm F1 gun family and related AML-90-turret conversions.
| Firing weapon | Weapon type | Firing evidence |
|---|---|---|
 | Armored car with 90 mm gun | Army Guide says the Giat Industries 90 mm F1 gun currently fires HE projectiles, and Military Periscope says the AML-90 is the most widely deployed platform fitted with that gun. Sources: Army Guide AML 90 modernization, Military Periscope 90-mm CN-90-F1 overview |
 | 8x8 AML-90-turret conversion | The BTR-60 conversion uses an AML-90 turret, and Army Guide documents HE projectiles for the AML-90's 90 mm F1 gun family; this is compatibility context, not proof that OE 90 F1 rounds were fired in Yemen. Sources: Army Guide AML 90 modernization |
 | Tracked AML-90-turret conversion | Oryx documents an M113 with AML-90 turret in Yemen's pre-war inventory, and Army Guide documents HE projectiles for the AML-90's 90 mm F1 gun family; this does not independently establish exact OE 90 F1 conflict use. Sources: Handbook Of Pre-War Yemeni Fighting Vehicles, Army Guide AML 90 modernization |
Gun Family Context
Army Guide describes the CN90F1 as the 90 mm F1 smoothbore gun, formerly DEFA D921, and says it fires fin-stabilized projectiles. Military Periscope separately describes the CN-90-F1 as the earliest French GIAT 90 mm vehicle-gun series still in service and lists HE among the projectile types it fires.
Primary firing platform
AML-90 armored car, the most widely deployed CN-90-F1 platform in the consulted Military Periscope overview.
Conversion links
BTR-60 and M113 AML-90-turret conversions are linked only as gun-family compatibility context.
Conflict-use boundary
The sources checked document the gun and ammunition family, but not firing, transfer, recovery, or use of the exact OE 90 F1 round in a named conflict.
Timeline
90 mm HE projectile Key Events
Ordnance guide records the OE 90 F1 designation
The Iraq Ordnance Identification Guide lists the French Cartridge, 90-mm, HE, OE 90 F1 and records its 1.55 kg net explosive weight.
Sources: Iraq Ordnance Identification Guide projectile reference
Forecast International catalogs the round and adjacent HE labels
Forecast International identifies 90mm OE 90 F1 as a high-explosive, fin-stabilized Nexter Munitions round and also lists OE 90 F2 and OE 90 S G1 in the same 90 mm ammunition section.
Sources: Forecast International Tank Gun Ammunition
Documented Designation
The available references identify OE 90 F1 as a French 90 mm HE cartridge for the CN90F1 / 90 mm F1 gun family. Forecast International gives the HE, fin-stabilized classification, while the ordnance guide supplies the full French cartridge label and 1.55 kg net explosive weight.
Exact designation
OE 90 F1, listed as a 90 mm high-explosive, fin-stabilized round.
Source: Forecast International Tank Gun Ammunition.
Ordnance-guide label
French Cartridge, 90-mm, HE, OE 90 F1.
Source: Iraq Ordnance Identification Guide projectile reference.
Explosive weight
1.55 kg net explosive weight in the consulted ordnance guide.
This supports identification data, not a conflict-use event.
Media
90 mm HE projectile Images
Related Weapon Systems
Sources
Granate 90 mm imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance for the representative 90 mm fin-stabilized projectile photo used as the primary image; the Commons page does not identify it as OE 90 F1. | Accessed: 2026-07-05AML-90 imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance for the AML-90 firing-platform gallery image used on this relationship-only ammunition page. | Accessed: 2026-07-05Army Guide AML 90 modernizationPublisher: Army Guide | Note: Supports the AML-90 vehicle context and the GIAT 90 mm F1 gun's HE projectile compatibility. | Accessed: 2026-07-05Army Guide CN90F1 gunPublisher: Army Guide | Note: Supports the CN90F1 / DEFA D921 identity, Nexter manufacturer listing, fin-stabilized projectile context, and gun specifications. | Accessed: 2026-07-05Military Periscope 90-mm CN-90-F1 overviewPublisher: Military Periscope | Note: Supports the CN-90-F1 / GIAT 90 mm F1 gun family, the AML-90 mounting, and the gun's HE projectile capability. | Accessed: 2026-07-05Forecast International Tank Gun AmmunitionPublisher: Forecast International | Note: Supports the identification of 90mm OE 90 F1 as a high-explosive, fin-stabilized Nexter Munitions round, adjacent OE 90 F2 and OE 90 S G1 HE designations, and the Luchaire/GIAT/Nexter lineage note. | Accessed: 2026-07-05Iraq Ordnance Identification Guide projectile referencePublisher: James Madison University CISR | Note: Supports the French Cartridge, 90-mm, HE, OE 90 F1 designation and the 1.55 kg net explosive weight reference. | Accessed: 2026-07-05Iraq Ordnance Identification Guide fuze referencePublisher: James Madison University CISR | Note: Supports FUI-F1 and FUI-F2 fuze-table references that include OE 90 F1 / 0E90F1 cartridge labels; this is identification context, not conflict-use evidence. | Accessed: 2026-07-05Bulletpicker OE 90 F1 cartridge pagePublisher: Bulletpicker | Note: Supports the French Cartridge, 90mm HE, OE 90 F1 identification and points back to the Iraq Ordnance Identification Guide source. | Accessed: 2026-07-05Handbook Of Pre-War Yemeni Fighting VehiclesPublisher: Oryx | Note: Supports the related M113 with AML-90 turret conversion used as compatibility context; it does not directly document OE 90 F1 projectile use. | Accessed: 2026-07-05