30-pound Frag. M5 (Obsolete)

Over-all length, inches

Body length, inches

Body diameter, inches

Wall thickness, inch

Tail width, inches

6.5

Type of filling

Weight of filling, pounds

Total weight, pounds

Charge/weight ratio

Fuzing

Mk XIV

Body construction: The body consists of a seamless steel tube over which are fitted rings cut from cast-steel pipe. Cast-steel nose and base piece thread into this center tube.

Suspension: The bomby may be suspended horizontally, vertically, or in a cluster. U-shaped eyebolts are welded to the bomb at the center of gravity and to the rear of the tail. Later issues of bombs were in the Cluster M3, which contained six 30-pound Frag. Bombs M5.

Tail construction: Four rectangular sheet-steel vanes are welded to a length of one-inch cast-iron pipe that screws into the base filling plug.