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ID

OSMP647

Date

15 July 2024

Source

Two Majors ↗

Reported Location

Ukraine

Year

2024

Munition Category

Artillery Gun Projectile

Functional use

Smoke Munition

Tentative Model

DM 105

Research Organisation

Armament Research Services (ARES)

Base Colour

Grey / Silver White

Marking Script

Latin Numerical

Condition

Delivered Munition Functioned Munition Part

Mechanical Feature

Welding Seams

Guidance

Unguided Munition

Domain

Surface-to-Surface

Calibre

155 mm

Analyst Note

29 July 2024

The remnants shown in these linked images have been falsely identified in Russian sources as chemical munitions. This image clearly exhibits the marking “NBK DM 1216”—the ‘NBK’ standing for the German Nebelkörper (‘smoke element’)—identifying this as one of four DM 1216 hexachloroethane/zinc (HC) smoke elements dispensed by the German DM 105 155 mm artillery gun projectile. Video of the incident shows all four elements being ejected from the base of the projectile in flight. (ARES)

External Research

Armament Research Services (ARES)

“[A popular Russian military blogger] published a brief manual on countering exposure to chemical weapons ... [which] purports to show an example of Ukrainian armed forces using chemical munitions ... In reality, the munition depicted is a standard German DM 105 155 mm artillery gun projectile.”

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