Ordnance
155 mm Artillery Ammunition
Separate-loading ammunition for 155 mm howitzers. The projectile, propelling charge, primer and fuze are supplied as a complete lot or as named components, to a national designation or the buyer's drawing, from producers screened for ownership, sanctions and licensing. Calibre alone does not establish that a lot can be fired from a given gun. Offered only to qualified government buyers and prime contractors. 120 mm mortar bombs are sourced on the same basis.
- Form
- Separate-loading lots
- Packaging
- UN-certified, Class 1
- Documentation
- Lot records and CoC with every consignment
- Terms
- FOB · CFR · CIF, under export licence
Identity
Identity
155 mm is a calibre, not a single round. A supply follows the designation or drawing the buyer names.
- Other names
- 155 mm howitzer ammunition; 155 mm projectile
- Calibre
- 155 mm
- Configuration
- Separate-loading: projectile, propelling charge, primer and fuze
- Typical HE projectile mass
- About 43 kg to about 47 kg, depending on the nature
- Gun family
- 39-calibre or 52-calibre 155 mm howitzers, as the buyer specifies
- Qualification
- A projectile, charge and fuze combination is qualified on the gun. It is not assumed from the calibre.
- Hazard class
- Class 1. Division and compatibility group confirmed on the transport document
Natures
Natures and Components
Lots can be a complete nature or named components. Geometry, filling, fuze well and charge system follow the buyer's drawing.
- High-explosive
- Projectile lots
- The nature most often specified. Steel body with a bursting fill, supplied with a lifting plug in the fuze well unless fuzes are part of the lot.
- Other natures
- To designation
- Smoke, illuminating and practice natures, and the matching propelling charges, primers and fuzes, where the producer certifies to the designation the buyer names.
Specification
Typical Specification Parameters
Acceptance is against the drawing and the lot standard the buyer names. Mass, length and filling are not quoted here as a generic band. Range depends on the gun and the qualified combination, and is not a supply figure.
Physical
- Calibre
- 155 mm
- Projectile mass
- To the drawing
- Length and driving band
- To the drawing
- Filling
- TNT or Composition B, mass to the drawing
- Fuze well
- To the drawing; lifting plug fitted unless fuzes are specified
- Markings
- To the national standard the buyer names
Acceptance limits
- Lot identity
- Designation, lot number and quantity, fully traceable
- Dimensional inspection
- To the drawing
- Filling and seal
- To the drawing
- Lot acceptance
- To the buyer's standard
- Charge system
- Bag or modular, as specified
- Governing document
- National designation or the buyer's drawing
Each supply is certified against the specification agreed with the buyer.
Quality
Documentation and Acceptance
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Lot documentation
Each consignment ships with a certificate of conformity and lot records covering, as the buyer specifies: designation, lot number, quantity, filling and the inspection results agreed in the specification.
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Incoming inspection alignment
Acceptance criteria, rejection limits and retest arrangements are agreed in the contract, aligned with the buyer's incoming inspection procedure.
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Safety data sheet
The safety data sheet for the supplied nature accompanies every consignment and is available to verified buyers before order.
Logistics
Packaging and Transport
- Packaging
- Projectiles in wooden or metal crates, lifting plugs fitted. Propelling charges in moisture-proof containers. Palletised for road, rail and sea transport under ADR, RID and IMDG.
- Transport classification
- 155 mm ammunition is Class 1. Unfuzed projectiles, fuzed rounds and propelling charges carry different UN numbers, divisions and compatibility groups. Classification is confirmed per shipment with the transport documentation.
- Transport modes
- Volume shipments move by road and sea with licensed explosives carriers. Air freight is tightly restricted under IATA and is used only where the classification and the airline permit it.
Commercial
Commercial Terms
The buyer contracts with Onyx. Onyx takes title to the goods.
- Minimum order
- Quoted per requirement.
- Lead time
- Quoted per requirement. Lead time is governed largely by export authorisation in the producer's country.
- Incoterms
- FOB, CFR or CIF.
- Payment
- Settled through independent, regulated banks against agreed delivery conditions.
- Country of origin
- Disclosed to verified counterparties.
Safety
Hazard Identification
Typical classification of a high-explosive 155 mm projectile. Other natures may carry a different division. The safety data sheet for the supplied nature governs.
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GHS01 Explosive
- Signal word
- Danger
- H201
- Explosive; mass explosion hazard
- Other statements
- The SDS for the supplied nature and filling governs
Compliance
Export Controls and End Use
- Controlled good
- 155 mm artillery ammunition is a controlled item under military export control lists. Supply proceeds under export authorisation in the producer's country and, where Onyx arranges supply between third countries, under UK trade-control licensing. It is offered only to qualified government buyers and prime contractors.
- End-user documentation
- An end-user certificate signed by the end user, in the format prescribed by the producer's export authority, is obtained and verified before any commitment is made, with delivery verification where the licence requires it. Counterparties, end users and destinations are screened in line with the firm's compliance policy.
Enquiries
Specifying a Requirement
A complete requirement is quoted in one pass. Include as much of the following as applies.
- Nature required: high-explosive, smoke, illuminating or practice
- Complete lot or named components (projectiles, charges, primers, fuzes)
- National designation or drawing
- Gun family, if interchangeability must be stated (39-calibre or 52-calibre)
- Fuze type, or unfuzed with lifting plug
- Charge system: bag or modular
- Order quantity and expected annual volume
- Lot documentation content and incoming inspection criteria
- Packaging and palletisation requirements
- Delivery timeline, preferred Incoterms (FOB, CFR or CIF) and destination port
- End user and end use, with end-user documentation available on request
Send a Requirement
Send the specification, quantities, delivery timeline, preferred Incoterms and destination. Enquiries are handled in confidence.