Cartridge, 20mm HEI, M56A1, M56A2, M56A3, M56A4 - Bulletpicker
These are electrically primed cartridges with high-explosive-incendiary projectiles and centrifugally armed, point-detonating fuzes. They are used in the M39, M61, M168, and M195 automatic cannons. The cartridge case is unpainted but has nomenclature and …
20 mm caliber - Wikipedia
20 mm caliber is a specific size of popular autocannon ammunition. The dividing line between smaller-caliber weapons, commonly called "guns", from larger-caliber "cannons" (e.g. machine gun vs. autocannon), is conventionally taken to be the 20 mm round, the smallest caliber of …
20mm M50 Series M53 API – M55 TP – M56 HEI
M53 Armor Piercing Incendiary (API) which has an armor piercing capability for light material targets. M55 Target Practice (TP) ballistically matched to the M53 and M56 for accurate training.
High-explosive incendiary - Wikipedia
In warfare, high-explosive incendiary (HEI) is a type of ammunition specially designed to impart energy and therefore damage to its target in one or both of two ways: via a high-explosive charge and/or via its incendiary (fire-causing) effects. Each round has both capabilities.
US Cartridge, 20mm HEI. How it works - YouTube
Oct 1, 2021 · How it works. This video shows you how 20mm projectile work when it is used. In live the projectile has rotation. I am currently raising funds for a 3D printer "Flashforge creator 4" to make mock...
Ammunition - 20mm - Aircav
Twenty-millimeter ammunition is the ammo used on the M197 automatic gun. The rounds are electrically primed; chamber pressure varies from 60,500 to 61,500 psi. Projectile weight of the M56 HEI round is 1,543 grains (3.5 ounces); other 20-mm projectiles are of comparable weight.
Cartridge, 20mm HEI-T, M242, M242A1 - bulletpicker.com
The cartridge has the same basic structure as the M56A3 cartridge with the addition of a tracer element. The models differ in the method of loading the projectiles. The M242 has the HE mix and the incendiary mix combined in one pellet with the tracer mix added at the base of the projectile.
Cartridge, 20mm HE, HEI, Mk 3 Mod 1 - 64 - Bulletpicker
Description. The explosive filling of the HE projectile is press loaded in three equal increments. The HE-I projectile is similarly loaded, but the first increment consists of an incendiary mixture, the other two of HE, either tetryl or pentolite.
Nov 20, 2017 · The M50 series ammunition is compatible with all 20mm M61, M197, M39 and M621 gun systems worldwide. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems M50 Series ammunition is established, proven and reliable. The M50 series consists of: - M56 High Explosive Incendiary (HEI) which produces a large number of small, high velocity fragments for
20 mmx102 HEI-T (M56 A3) - MKE USA
20 mmx102 HEI-T (M56 A3) Technical Specifications. Cartridge Length. max. 168.02 mm. Cartridge Weight. ~ 263 g. Velocity (23.7 m) 1030±15 m/sec. Velocity Standard Deviation.