This solid 40 MM casing was designed to be used as a HIGH power buckshot/flechette round, manufactured as one piece to be available at a lower price. British production started slowly: by September 1939 only 233 equipments had been produced; but by the end of the war total production from British, Canadian and Australian factories was over 19,000. 30mm x 173 MK44 Cannon Ammunition Suite; 40mm M1001 HVCC; Close; Large Caliber. This generator was powered by a Volkswagen diesel engine. Currently these projectile types can be found in Swedish service manuals.[4]. Production was originally handled by the arms factory Uzina Mecanica Filiasi, however production was later moved to the arms factory Uzina Mecanica Tohan Zărnești,[26] today more commonly known as S. Tohan S.A.,[47] a subsidiary of ROMARM. In most engagements only the pancake sights were used, without any form of correction, making the British versions less capable than those used by other forces. 50 mm (2 in) of steel at 0 degrees obliquity at any range. The CTAS is described by several components; 40mm CT Cannon (CTC), Ammunition Handling System (AHS), CTAS Controller (CTAS-C), Gun Control Equipment (GCE), Gun Mount and a range of ammunition. In this online version of the manual we have attempted to keep the flavor of the original layout while taking advantage of the Web's universal accessibility. In the end they did both. [51] Unlike common caseless ammunition and their weapon systems the Metal Storm design lacked a feeding magazine and instead stacked the projectiles in front of each other in the barrel with the propellant in between the projectiles. It is "green" because it is non-toxic and non-dud producing (since it is a training round), meaning that there is no unexploded ordnance left to clean up on the range and heavy metals in the fuze do not leak into the ground. This proved to leave heavy zinc deposits in the barrel, and had to be abandoned. TL;DR: It depends. The gun fired a 900 g (2.0 lb) high explosive 40 × 311R (rimmed) shell at 2,960 ft/s (900 m/s). The Bofors 40 mm L/60 AA gun (1.6 inch) was one of the most popular naval anti-aircraft guns during World War II, used long after the war in a variety of roles. Although the gun could be trained quickly, aiming accurately while doing so proved difficult. Later in the campaign, SP Bofors were used extensively for ground shoots as well as in an anti-aircraft role. Their first test gun was a re-… [11] Reportedly, the Navy secretly imported a set of imperial designs from Britain and started production illegally. In spite of sharing almost nothing with the original design other than the calibre and the distinctive conical flash hider, this weapon is also widely known simply as "the Bofors". The first version of the 40 mm the Navy ordered was intended for use on submarines, where the larger calibre allowed the gun to be used for both AA and against smaller ships. Early in the 1990s the Royal Netherlands Air Force 40L70s were upgraded to the 'G' version. "New Tools For Army Power", October 1941, 40 mm Automatic Gun M1 (AA) and 40 mm Antiaircraft Gun Carriages M2 and M2A1 TM 9-252, 40 MM Antiaircraft Gun, OP 820, 1943 : Navy Service Manual, Data and spec comparison of various marks of Bofors 40mm L/60, Data and Spec comparison of various marks of Bofors 40mm L/70, Rae, CJE, Harris, A.L. Its purpose is to be an intermediate cartridge between the 40×46mm low velocity and 40×53mm high velocity cartridges and is thus referred to as 40 mm medium velocity. 105mm C76A1 KE; 105mm M456A2 HEAT-T; 105mm M490 TP-T ; 105mm M724A2 TPDS-T; 120mm IM HE-T™ 120mm KE-W A1® 120mm M1002 TPMP-T; 120mm M1028 Canister; 120mm M865 TPCSDS-T; Close; Artillery. Called small arms grenade munitions (SAGMs), they double the lethality of the standard M433 grenade round by adding a small "smart" fuze sensor that detonates in the air to hit targets in cover or behind obstacles.