The first true DPICM was the 155 mm M483, produced in the 1970s. By 1975, an improved version, the M483A1, was being used. The projectile carried 88 M42/M46 grenade-like dual purpose submunitions.

M483A1 Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions (DPICM) projectile is a dual-purpose anti-armour/anti-personnel projectile that consists of a carrier shell and 88 individual grenade submunitions. Introduced in 1975, it is used by a number of nations.

Oct 16, 2017 · The M483A1 and M864 DPICM carriers would be fired in volleys, and their time fuze would expel the grenades (88 from the M483A1, 72 from the M864) over personnel or vehicle formations to achieve...

This projectile is used to deliver submissiles dual purpose armor defeating and antipersonnel grenades. This projectile is of the separate loading type. The fuze, propelling charge, and primer are handled and loaded separately. The projectile is provided with a fusible lifting plug in place of a fuze for handling.

Jul 7, 2011 · The 155mm M483A1 Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munition (DPICM) is an early technology cargo round. It delivers 88 dual-purpose grenades to defeat armor and personnel targets.

The M483A1 and M107 projectiles are, by definition, ballistically dissimilar: that is, they have different shapes, ballistic coefficients, projectile weights, muzzle velocity, etc.

Jul 7, 2023 · The M483A1 shell contains 88 submunitions (M42 submunitions x 64 + M46 submunitions x 24). These 155mm shells will probably be the main cluster munitions delivered to Ukraine from the United...

This is the American 155mm M483A1, a spin-stabilised, base-ejecting, separate loading, Dual-Purpose-Improved-Conventional-Munition (DPICM) carrier, projectile, consisting of a forged …

The M483A1 is a US-developed, 155 mm (6.1 inch), boat-tailed, hollow-base, base-ejection, submunition- (bomblet-) dispensing carrier (cargo, cluster, dispenser, etc.) artillery projectile. The M483A1 is a modification of the aforementioned earlier M483 projectile.

Dec 31, 2014 · This report presents an analysis of a series of test firings, which was conducted at Ft. Sill, OK during the Fall of 1977, to ascertain the ability of the 155mm M107 projectile to be used as a registration (spotter) round for the 155mm M483A1 projectile.