MALFUNCTION INVESTIGATION OF CARTRIDGE, 105MM HOWITZER:GAS, NONPERSISTENT, GB, M360, DUALGRAN W/BURSTER, M40, W/FUZE, PD, M508

摘要

Of 37 rounds of simulant-filled (furfural-alcohol) Cartridge, 105mm:Gas, Nonpersistent, GB, M360 w/Burster (tetrytol), MM), w/Fuze, PD, M508, fired with Zone 7 from the 105mm Howitzer XM103E3 during the high-temperature (+155°F) phase of a Safety Certification Test at Aberdeen Proving Ground, 2 November 1962, five prematured:nFour, low-order bursts, evidencing no visible damage to the gun tube.nOne, high-order burst, bulging the gun tube.