Shells, incendiary Japanese

Japanese 20mm Incendiary Shell— carried a small incendiary charge of Ba(N03)2 50, Mg 40 and A1 10%... 

Japanese Incendiary Shells of Larger Calibers were loaded with yellow phosphorous and produced large spectacular aerial bursts, but their value was probably more psychological than destructive to aircraft (Ref 9, p 55)... 

Japanese 120mm Incendiary Projectile contained 48 steel pellets embedded in a canister filled with white phosphorous. Each pellet had an annular cavity to increase the amount of phosphorous that could be retained by each pellet. The shell was exploded by means of a bursting charge of HE, fired by a point-detonating fuse... 

B4 or Type 2 Explosives. Lt grey powdery mixts of TNAns 60 or 70 w ith A1 40 or 30% used in Japanese incendiary submarine gun shells. The props of the 60/40 mixt were dl.90 (cast), power by ballistic pendulum 64%(PA= 100%), brisance by copper cylinder crusher 82% (PA=100%), explosion point 300 to 505°, impact sensitivity with 5-kg wt I7cm(max for no expins) and friction sensitivity 60kg(max pressure between two rubbing surfaces)... 

If we can judge by the variety of incendiary shells in the German and Japanese armies, both these nations placed a higher value on them. The Japanese army had incendiary 75-mm. artillery and 90-mm. mortar shells Oled with white phosphorus, carbon disulfide, and rubber pellets. This mixture was the same as the one used in Japanese incendiary bombs. The Navy employed a 12-cm. antiaircraft shell loaded with steel pellets filled with white phosphorus. When this shell exploded the pellets streaked through the air and caught fire. ... 

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