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M56 (81 mm HE Mortar Bomb)
The M56 was a World War 2 (WW2)-era developed US, 81 mm, high capacity, thin-walled, high explosive (HE) mortar bomb round. The M56 is a further development of the M45 round, which had a thicker-walled bomb that used a different tail boom, charge system, and the M45 fuze. The M56 was originally fitted with the M52 point-detonating superquick (PDSQ) or M53 of PD delay series of fuzes. Later M56 may also be fitted with the M77 time and super...
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