HEAT Fixed Ammunition for Recoilless Rifles

Fig 48a 105-mm HEAT FIXED AMMUNITION M341 FOR RECOILLESS RIFLES 

Fig 49 106-mm HEAT FIXED AMMUNITION M344AI FOR RECOILLESS RIFLES 

106-mm HEAT Fixed Ammunition M344A1 for Recoilless Rifles, shown in Fig 49, consists of perforated thin-walled steel cartridge and a thin-walled steel projectile which contains a shaped charge of 2.79 lb Comp B loaded around a Cu cone. The proj is threaded at the forward end to a ballistic cap, which forms an ogive and mounts the piezoelectric element. The base of the proj contains the PIBD fuze, and the fin piston assembly. 

US military primer-igniters may be identified by designations Ml, M1A1, M1A2, M2, M2A1, etc (See Nomenclature in Section 2, 

Part B) and by the weight of the BkPdr charges in igniters. For example, 65-grain Primer contains 65 grains of BkPdr 

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