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Type 55 (HE Mortar Bomb)
The Type 55 is a cast iron-bodied 120 mm, point detonating (PD) nose-fuzed, high-explosive fragmentation (HE-frag) mortar bomb. The dimensions of the Type 55 vary slightly with source, but these are close enough to say it is likely a clone of the Russian 53-OF-843B. It is also referred to as the 120HE, and the Type 843. The latter strengthening its ties with the Russian 53-OF-843B. The Type 55 is thought to have been developed for the Ch...
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