From: Jim Yanik


(WalterM140) wrote in
The Republican congressman on Meet the Press (can't remember his name) said
it was a 130 mm mortar shell, but no matter.

Well,Iraq used mainly Soviet weaponry,so it could have been a 152mm
artillery round.

Probably a 155 though. At least as late as the Iran-Iraq war, Iraq was using
artillery designed by Gerold Bull that was built in South Africa. The guns were
155mm and were designated as the G5 model.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rsa/g5.htm

I am not completely sure how many of these survived operation Desert Storm
however, but Iraqi designers were most probably designing rounds to fit that
particular gun.
Dave