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| BRITISH EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE |
| Part 1 - Chapter 14 |
| Practice Bombs |
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Practice 8-lb. Mk I (Service) |
| Data |
| Fuzing | None |
| Color markings | White over-all with two ½-in. green bands around after body |
| Over-all length | 16 in. |
| Max. body diameter | 4 in. |
| Total weight | 8 lb. (approx.) |
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Body Construction: The body consists of an asbestos cement cylinder, in the nose of which is cemented a glass flask containing about ½ pint of titanium tretrachloride. The rear of the cylinder is hollow and acts as a tail unit. A light metal suspension band is se-cured to the exterior of the bomb body. |
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Functioning: On impact the bomb body and glass flask break up, releasing the titani-um tetrachloride to form a smoke cloud. The bomb contains no explosive. |
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Remarks: The bomb is designed for low-level training purposes against airfield tar-gets, and is of such construction that is leaves no debris injurious to aircraft tires. |