CONSTRUCTION. This bomb consists of a rolled sheet steel cylinder, seam welded lon-gitudinally. The base and nose portions are welded circumferentially to the bomb body. The nose portion of this bomb is much larger than that of the Brand C 50 A, and the base plate filling cap is of the female type with two studs projecting rearwards. (See fig. 59.)

The sheet steel tail assembly is secured over and to the base of the bomb body by means of two screws which enter the vertical arms of the L-shaped brackets, welded to the shoulder formed at the base of the bomb. Four positioning plates are also welded to this shoulder and aid in positioning the tail on the bomb.

The bomb houses a single fuze pocket, located forward on the side of the bomb body. An extersion tube extends from the nose of the bomb to the forward side of the fuze poc-ket. A wooden plug was found in the tube of the recovered specimen of this bomb.

OPERATION. When the impact fuze functions, the detonation of the picric ring in the fuze pocket splits open the bomb casing, ejects some or all of the incendiary filling, and breaks the bottle containing the white phosphorus, which ignites the incendiary filling.

SUSPENSION. This bomb is fitted for horizontal suspension only.

COLOR AND MARKINGS. The bomb is painted light fawn over-all with a red priming coat. The following markings were found on the specimen recovered:

On the bomb body:
"Brand C 50 B" (black).
Red band 5/8 inch wide.
"10 PQ" (red).
Bottle 3 inches long (red).
On the bomb nose:
Red band 3/4 inch wide.
"Brand C 50 B" stamped on nose plug.

Figure 59 – Brand C 50 B Bomb