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Figure 5. Ricocheting projectile exploding near the ice surface
Figure 11. Nearly vertical hole in the camouflet
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be
expected
to
ricochet
but
would
penetrate
the
ice
sheet
before
exploding,
similar
to
the
81-mm
delay-fused
mortar
projectiles
discussed
below.
81-mm
mortar
test
firing
Both
point-detonating
and
delay-fused
81-mm
projectiles
were
fired
during
the
test.
Several
of
the
mortar
projectiles
fell
in
the
river
and
were
inacce-
ssible to
us.
We measured three
craters
formed
by
point-detonating
projectiles.
These
craters
averaged
2.45
2.15
m in
diameter
(Table
3),
and
they
were
more
nearly
circular
than
the
howitzer
craters,
probably
because
of
the
higher
trajectory
of
the
mortar
projectile.
The
mean
apparent
radius
of
the
craters
was
1.15
m.
The
mean
depth
of
the
craters
was
0.16
m,
with
most
of
the
depth
caused
by
removal
of
the
0.15-m-
thick
snow
cover.
Ashallow
depression
was
blown
in
Figure
7.
Ricocheting
delay-fused
projectile
explod-
the
underlying
ice
cover
in
the
center
of
the
craters,
ing
high in
the
air.
Figure
8. Crater
formed
by a
point-
detonating
81-mm
mortar
projectile
on
grounded
ice.
Figure
9. Crater
formed
by a
point-
detonating
81-mm
mortar
projectile
on a
floating
ice
sheet.
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