US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PCW-C, Building 10, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J. 07806-5000

13 -- 60MM ENHANCED LETHALITY MORTAR CARTRIDGE DUE 041495 POC CONTACT LINDA KETTLER, CONTRACT SPECIALIST, EMAIL=LKETTLER, 201-724-3274. The US Army ARDEC is conducting a market survey for literature regarding a Non-development item (NDI) 60mm Enhanced Lethality Mortar Cartridge which exhibits both Anti-Personnel and Anti-Materiel characteristics. The proposed cartridge must be safe, effective, reliable, and compatible with the U.S. Army's 60MM Mortar Tube (M244) and components (fin, fuze, propellent systems). The projectile body should be capable of producing approximately twice the lethality of the present ammunition with an additional anti-materiel effect. The following summarizes what is being sought: Caliber: 60mm; Length: 335mm; Weight: 1.9 kg; Fragment Mass 0.2g: Fragment Pieces: 2000; Explosive: Composition B; Fuze: M734 MOF; Mortar: US M224; Approximate Range: 150 - 3000m; Temperature: -65 degrees F to + 165 degrees F (storage), -45 degree F to +125 degrees F (operational); Reliability: .98. This request is for informational purposes only at no cost to the government. Request all responses be submitted to PM Mortars, US Army, ARDEC, ATTN: AMCPM-MO (Mr. Neal Friedman), Building 171N, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000 no later than 30 Apr 95. (0073)

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