ALLIED BOMBS AND FUZES

SIZE:

450 lb. Mark II

TYPE:

A.P. - H.E.

2000 lb. Mark I

TARGET:

Armor-plated objects such as battleships and other heavy naval craft; reinforced concrete and heavy street construc-tion.

FUZES (Tail):

450 lb.
No. 34 Mk. I

2000 lb.
No. 37 Mk. I

DATA

450 lb. Mark II

2000 lb. Mark I

1

OVERALL LENGTH

65.2 inches

112.7 inches

2

LENGTH OF BODY

43.0 inches

79.5 inches

3

DIAMETER OF BODY

9.2 inches

13.5 inches

4

THICKNESS OF WALL

1.6 inches

Approx. 2.0 inches

5

MATERIAL OF WALL

Steel

Steel

6

CONSTRUCTION OF BODY

These bombs are constructed of very heavy, slightly streamlined steel forgings. A cast steel tail adapter is scre-wed into the rear of the bomb to hold the fuze and exploder tube.

7

TYPE OF SUSPENSION

These bombs are suspended horizontally.

8

CONSTRUCTION OF SUSPENSION LUG

A heavy U-shaped eyebolt is attached to the bomb case by six stud bolts.

9

COLOR & MARKINGS ON BOMB AND TAIL

The body and tail assembly are painted yellow with a green band around the largest diameter and a white band on each side of a red band around the nose. The 450 lb. bomb may have the word "Totryl" stencilled in three places below the green band.

10

LENGTH OF TAIL

34.7 inches

11

WIDTH OF TAIL

9.2 inches

13.5 inches

12

MATERIAL OF TAIL

Aluminum alloy

Aluminum alloy

13

CONSTRUCTION OF TAIL

The tail assembly consists of: A truncated cone held to the bomb body by a locking nut on the tail adapter; four vanes are rivetted to the cone and a reinforced cylinder is rivet-ted to the vanes.

14

WEIGHT OF TAIL

15

TYPE OF FILLING

Filling is Trotyl (T.N.T.)

The filling of this bomb is Shellite (a mixture of picric acid and dinitrobenzene).

16

WEIGHT OF FILLING

46.0 lbs.

167.0 lbs.

17

TOTAL WEIGHT OF BOMB

427.0 lbs.

2000.0 lbs.

18

CHARGE/WEIGHT RATIO

11.0%

8.0%