AFK, located in the city of Pune, came into being on 16th December 1869 as a Small Arms manufacturing unit of the British Government. Regular production of ammunition cartridge using gun powder commenced in 1872. In 1886, manufacture of Cartg. 0.303″ was established using cordite (made from nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine paste) propellant. In 1914 there was an expansion of manufacturing facilities at AFK & different types of primary explosives like mercury fulminate, lead azide, lead styphnate and filling of caps, detonators, percussion fuzes & different pyro technique stores were introduced at AFK for meeting the requirements of war in Asia & Africa.
CARTRIDGE SA 12 BORE 70MM “ASTRAM”
This ammunition is fired from a 70 mm Chamber 12 Bore Gun. This cartridge is an improvement on our existing popular brand “Special” Paper cartridges in so far as their construction and performance characteristics are concerned. The body is made up of high density polyethylene plastic tubes, bi-axially oriented, to withstand higher pressures and achieve higher velocity in place of paper crimson. The use of LDPE Power Piston with pouch in place of paper air-cushion as used in “Special” cartridges, not only provides better gas sealing but also results in achievement of higher accuracy in firing giving a very good…
SHELL 105mm IFG HE 1B
Weapon : Q.F. 105 mm IFG Gun 105 mm IFG HE ammunition is filled with high explosives (TNT Grade1E) by pour filling method.Ammunition is fitted with Fuze 117 MK 20. On hitting the target, the Fuze functions & ultimately denotes the explosive charge.It can be fired at all angles of elevation.To adjust the range, different types of charges such as normal charge & super charge are used.The stability of the ammunition is achieved by the spin. IFG HE ammunition is one of the six different types of projectiles fired from the 105 mm Indian field gun.This ammunition is employed to…