All mortar bombs
The smoke group covers sixteen line items in 60 mm, 81 mm, 81/82 mm and 120 mm. Designation families are M64P2, M64P3 and M64P4, M89, Mk12, M08, M93, M73, M73P1 and M73P2, Mk10, M72P1, M09, M88P1 and M91. Every entry states the calibre, the mass with fuze, the mass of the smoke charge, a fuze designation and a maximum range figure. Six are white phosphorus lines, five carry an HC composition described as screening smoke, and the remainder state a smoke charge without naming the composition.
120 mm white phosphorus smoke mortar bomb with 2450 g fill and UT M68P1 impact fuze, ranging 255 m to 6500 m.
120 mm white phosphorus smoke mortar bomb with 2.35 kg fill and point detonating fuze, reaching 6555 m.
120 mm white phosphorus smoke mortar bomb with 2350 g fill and UT M88 P1 superquick fuze, reaching 7000 m.
120 mm screening smoke mortar bomb with 1650 g HC smoke pot smoking for at least 210 s, ranging 400 m to 6000 m.
120 mm smoke mortar bomb with 2350 g smoke charge and UT M88 P1 superquick fuze, reaching 7400 m.
60 mm screening smoke mortar bomb with 450 g HC composition and pyrotechnic time fuze, ranging 300 m to 2400 m.
60 mm smoke mortar bomb with 190 g smoke charge and superquick impact fuze, ranging 94 m to 2550 m.
60 mm smoke mortar bomb with 190 g smoke charge and UT M68 P1 superquick fuze, ranging 94 m to 2550 m.
60 mm white phosphorus smoke mortar bomb with 0.22 kg fill and point detonating fuze, reaching 2500 m.
60 mm smoke mortar bomb with 190 g smoke charge, M98 waterproof ignition cartridge and four increment charges.
60 mm screening smoke mortar bomb with 450 g HC composition, using the M98 ignition cartridge, ranging 300 m to 2400 m.
Long-range 60 mm smoke mortar bomb with 300 g smoke charge, fired with six increment charges to 5100 m.
81 mm white phosphorus smoke mortar bomb with 0.6 kg fill and point detonating fuze, reaching 4900 m.
81/82 mm screening smoke mortar bomb with 850 g HC composition smoking for at least 120 s, ranging 300 m to 5480 m.
81/82 mm screening smoke mortar bomb with 850 g HC composition smoking for at least 120 s, ranging 300 m to 3400 m.
Extended-range 81/82 mm white phosphorus smoke mortar bomb with 700 g fill, ranging 90 m to 6500 m.
Tender annexes describe a smoke bomb by calibre, length and mass with fuze, the smoke charge and its mass, the composition where the source names one, the fuze designation and the maximum range against a stated barrel length. Several entries built around an HC composition add a smoking time and an average fall speed for the smoke box; most of those with an impact fuze add a muzzle safety distance instead. Most lines close with pressure, temperature range and packaging.
Fill mass is the clearest divider: 190 g on the 60 mm M08, M73 and M73P2, 300 g on the Mk10, 450 g on the 60 mm HC lines M08 and M93, 850 g on the 81/82 mm M09 and M88P1, and 2350 g to 2450 g across the 120 mm M64 series and Mk12. Within the M64 series the fuze moves from UT M68P1 on the P2 to UT M88P1 on the P3 and P4, and the published range rises from 6500 m to 7000 m.
Six do: the 120 mm M64P2 at 2450 g, M64P3 at 2.35 kg and M64P4 at 2350 g, the 81 mm M72P1 at 0.6 kg, the 81/82 mm M91 at 700 g and the 60 mm M73P1 at 0.22 kg. The remaining ten state either an HC composition or a smoke charge without a named composition.
No. A smoking time appears on three entries only: at least 210 s for the 120 mm M89 and at least 120 s for the 81/82 mm M09 and M88P1. The other thirteen lines record the charge mass, the fuze and the range figures without stating how long the smoke lasts.
