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| U.S. EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE |
| PART 6 - BOMBS AND BOMB FUZES |
| Chapter 18 - CHEMICAL, INCENDIARY, AND SMOKE BOMBS |
| Section 3 - "MK" Series |
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100-pound Incendiary Mk 1 and Mk 28 (Obsolete) |
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Over-all length, inches |
45.5 |
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Body length, inches |
33.7 |
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Body diameter, inches |
8.0 |
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Wall thickness, inch |
0.05 |
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Tail length, inches |
11.75 |
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Tail width, inches |
11.3 |
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Filling |
Gasoline, gasoline-gel, gasoline and waste, rubber |
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Weight of filling, pounds |
42 to 45 |
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Total weight, pounds |
65 to 68 |
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Charge/weight ratio |
65% (approx.) |
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Fuzing |
AN-M126A1 |
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Construction: The bomb is of three-piece sheet-steel construction, with a hemisphe-rical nose piece and a conical tail cone welded to a tubular body. The bomb has two sus-pension lugs on bands or a single lug on a band near the center of gravity. The tail as-sembly consists of four sheet-steel vanes welded to tail cone, which, in turn, is welded to the body. |
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Color: The bomb is painted grey over all, with a bright red disc, four inches in diame-ter, in the middle of the body. |
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Remarks: This bomb is similar to the 100-pound Incendiary Bomb AN-M47A2, excpet that it is equipped with a filler cap. Both bombs are prone to leak and should be examined frequently. |
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There is also a 100-pound Incendiary Bomb Mk 1, which is almost identical to the old Army M47, both of which are obsolete. |
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Figure 302. Navy 100-pound Smoke, Incendiary, and Chemical Bombs |
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