This cartridge is used to produce smoke for screening and spotting. Projectile M64 is assembled loose to a cartridge case of the M5 series and uses the same propelling charge and primers as high explosive cartridge M48. The projectile body, a steel casing with a boattailed base, contains 1.34 pounds of white phosphorus (WP).

US Sherman tanks carried the M64, a 75mm white phosphorus round intended for screening and artillery spotting, but tank crews found it useful against German tanks such as the Panther that their APC ammunition could not penetrate at long range.

This projectile is similar to the HE Projectile M48 with the exception of an adapter for the burster casing in the nose, and the absence of a base plate. The burster casing is a press-fit in the adapter provided for it. The burster assembles within the burster casing. The standard fillers (chemical agents) for this shell are H, WP, and FS.

還有從彈頭尾端噴射出六氯乙烷（hc）的m89煙霧彈和m64白磷彈（wp，又稱“威利皮特”），這些彈種證明在諾曼底周圍的博卡日戰鬥中非常有效。最後，還有兩種不同的穿甲彈。

2025年3月15日 · After World War One, the US Army began developing a replacement for their British Vickers-Maxim 2.95 in. gun (74.9 mm), which served as a pack howitzer. Pack howitzers were intended to be used in difficult terrain, such as …

2019年2月15日 · These were replaced with the American 75mm M1A1 (on M8 carriage (Airborne), with other minor modifications) Pack Howitzer. 24 of these new howitzers, originally designed in 1920, were organized into 3 batteries with …

The tankers found the 75 mm M64 WP (White Phosphorus) smoke projectile useful not only for providing smoke coverage but also attacking targets including enemy tanks. Some units equipped with the 76 mm preferred to maintain a 75 mm armed tank …

Projectile M64 is assembled loose to a cartridge case of the M5 series and uses the same propelling charge and primers as high explosive cartridge M48. The projectile body, a steel casing with a boattailed base, contains 1.34 pounds of white phosphorus (WP).

2016年6月1日 · the M57 fuze has been specifically designed for M64 75 mm US chemical shell (possible fillings HD-WP-CNS-FS-FM). I have two questions: 1. the M57 derives from the M48, modified to have only a super-quick action.

The ‘75mm Smoke, White Phosphorus, M64, Shell’ is an Incendiary Smoke shell. On impact it creates a large fireball that will cause damage to infantry. The following smoke can be used to blind enemy tanks, cover friendly units, or mark locations.