M105 Projectile

[peteblight]

Does anyone know in which year production of the US M105 projectile stopped?


Cheers


Pete

 

[weberoed]

The M 105 is still produced, see attached link

http://www.pica.army.mil/PicatinnyPublic/products_services/products02.asp

 

[peteblight]

Thanks Weberoed, that's answered that question.
Next question, when did the M105 stopped being filled with chemical?

Cheers.

 

[HAZORD]

OK, I'm realy confused. I read the file that Mike listed. It says there is a 105mm M105 projectile. I'm thinking what it really means is that the standard HE projectile is the M1. I think the M105 is a typo. There is no M105 projo listed in any book that I have on artillery or any other source that I can find. Anybody else confused? Does anyone have a drawing or datasheet on an M105 projo?

 

[peteblight]

The M105 is a 155mm projo with listed fills of WP, FS and HD.
It appears in the TM's

Pete

 

[peteblight]

Here's some drawings and a picture




Pete

 

[weberoed]

I think HAZORd makes a good point, the Picitinney page could have a type as it is refering to a 105mm. As for the 155 M 105 I can not find any reference to a chem filled round just the WP and FS. I'll go through my old DODIC books and see if I can pin down a year it was stopped being used.

My bad on the link with the error

 

[peteblight]

The following manuals/books/references list the M105 as a chemical round.

Old chemical weapons guide - PMCD - 1998

Chemical warfare services field manual - Edgewood 1942

Characteristics and employment of ground chemical munitions - Edgewood 1942

Handbook of Pre 1946 chemical weapons



Pete

 

[HAZORD]

TM 9-1901 Artillery Ammunition 1944 lists it for WP, FS, and H (Mustard)

 

[bdgreen]

The M105 is NOT listed in the PEO Ammunition Systems Portfolio Book 2012 - 2013 http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a567897.pdf