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| GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - BOMBS, BOMB FUZES, ROCKET, LAND MINES, GRENADES AND IGNITER |
| Chapter 1 |
| GERMAN BOMBS |
| PC 1800 RS |
| DATA: |
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Over-all Length: 107 in. |
| Body Length: 66 1/2 in. |
| Body Diameter: 21 in. |
| Wall Thickness: 1 1/2 to 12 in. tapering. |
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Filling: Very pure cast TNT in an aluminum container in the nose. Two precast Trialen charges in thick cardboard cylindrical cartons which are waxed into the bomb casing, completes the filling. One specimen had 3 blocks of nitroguanidine in nose and 10 blocks of RDX/Wax/Al in two cardboard cylinders in the body. |
| Weight of Filling: 360 kg. |
| Total Weight: 2,057 kg. |
| Chg/Wt Ratio: 17.5%. |
| Fuzing: Charging head (49) C1; Pyrotechnic (49) C2; Impact (49) C3. |
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CONSTRUCTION. Typical rocket bomb construction with single fuze pocket in distance piece. |
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Nineteen rockets are used – ten 22 1/2 inches long, eight 20 7/8 inches long and one 11 1/4 inches long. All have a diameter of 21 15/16 inches. Rocket unit weighs 422 kg. (See fig. 35). |
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SUSPENSION. Horizontal. |
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COLOR AND MARKINGS. Bomb body and tail are sky blue in color. Rocket unit and dis-tance piece are olive drab. Stenciled on body: |
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Konus vor Belastung |
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Figure 35 – PC 1800 RS Bomb |
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