M793 Target Practice with Tracer (TP-T)
The M793 TP-T is a low cost, target practice cartridge, ballistically matched to the M792 HEI-T round. This round is a fixed type, percussion primed training round that is used in place of the HEI-T round. The TP-T cartridge is ballistically matched to the M792 HEI-T round. All other characteristics are the same as the HEI-T. The Cartridge, 25mm Target Practice-Tracer (TP-T) M793 Linked (DODIC A976) is a target practice cartridge used in training, gun testing, and gun system functioning for the M242 25mm Automatic Cannon. The M793 is a fixed type, percussion primed 25mm projectile, and is intended as a substitute for the 25mm tactical round cartridge. The projectile is painted blue and is inert. The cartridge consists of a hollow, two-piece projectile body, which is crimped to a steel cartridge case containing 99 grams of ball propellant, M115 Percussion Primer, and booster pellet. The body of the projectile consists of a hollow steel body screw-on steel nosepiece, swaged iron-rotating band, and pressed-in tracer pellets. This projectile is configured only as linked ammunition.
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