M16 | |
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Type | Surface-to-surface rocket |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
In service | 1945-1954 |
Used by | United States Army, United States Navy |
Specifications | |
Mass | 42.5 lb (19.3 kg) |
Length | 31 in (790 mm) |
Diameter | 4.5 in (114 mm) |
Warhead | TNT[1] |
Warhead weight | 4.3 lb (2.0 kg)[1] |
Detonation mechanism |
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Engine | Solid-fuel rocket |
Propellant | Ballistite[1] |
Operational range | 3.1 mi (5 km) |
Maximum speed | 890 ft/s (270 m/s) [2] |
The M16 was a 4.5-inch (114 mm) spin-stabilized unguided rocket developed by the United States Army during the Second World War. Entering service in April 1945 to replace the earlier fin-stabilised 4.5-inch M8 rocket, it was used late in the war and also during the Korean War before being removed from service.