Rounds for 2A28 Gun mounted on BMP-1

73 mm RHEF-15MA

Rounds for 2A28 Gun mounted on BMP-1

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73 mm Round RHEF-15MA with High-Explosive Anti-Personnel Grenade
GHEF-9MA

NSN:1310-50-001-3013

Main Features:

The 73 mm Round RHEF-15MA is a powerful ammunition designed for destroying enemy troops and fire means in the open, in
trenches, in hasty field shelters or brick-wall fortifications, light armoured vehicles and the infantry.

Used with 2A28 Gun mounted on BMP-1, the round is characterized with high accuracy, low dispersion and huge destructive power.

CONSTRUCTION

The Round RHEF-15MA consist of HIgh-explosive Grenade GHEF-9MA and Propellant Charge CP 152.

The Grenade GHEF-9MA is equipped with a warhead and burstingcharge of powerful explosive mixture with high-explosive action.

The round is comleted with point-detonating fuze AF71 with suoer-quick and grazes (anti-ricochet) function, independent of impact angle.

TACTICAL-TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS RHEF-15MA
Caliber, mm 73
Max firing range, m 4500
Weight of the round, kg 4.57
Weight of the grenade, kg 3.68
Muzzle velocity, m/s 290
Bursting charge, type  TNT
Bursting charge weight, kg 0.655
Operational temperature range, °C from minus 40 to 50
Fuze type Point-detonating Fuze AF71 with super-quick and graze (anti-ricochet) function, independent of impact angle.
Weapon Systems

2A28 Gun mounted on BMP-1                                           
PACKING:

6 Rounds are packed in a wooden case as follows:

  • 6 Grenades GHEF-9MA (each one in airtight plastic bag) 
  • 6 Propellant Charges (3 in a plastic containers).
Wooden case:
Dimensions, mm                      1 065x525x305    
Gross Weight, kg                      56 
Volume, m3                                   0.17
CLASS OF EXPLOSION HAZARD: 1.1F, UN 0292