Japanese Explosive Ordnance – Bombs, Bomb Fuzes, Land Mines,
Grenades, Firing Devices and Sabotage Devices |
Chapter 1 – Section 1 |
Japanese Army Bombs |
Type 92 50-kg. Gas Bomb |
Over-all length: 45 inches. |
Length of body: 26 1/2 inches. |
Diameter of body: 7 1/2 inches. |
Thickness of wall: 3/16 inches. |
Material of wall: Steel. |
Type of suspension: Horizontal. |
Suspension lug: A normal Army suspension lug attached to a carrying band. |
Color and markings: Bomb is grey over all with a red-tipped nose and a blue band aft of the red band. There is a yellow band and white band forward of the suspension lug and a yellow band aft of the suspension lug. |
Length of tail: 18 1/2 inches. |
Width of tail: 9 3/16 inches. |
Width of tail fins: 4 7/8 inches. |
Dimension of tail struts: Length, 6 3/4 inches; diameter, 5/16 inch. |
Material of tail: Sheet steel. |
Type of filling: 50/50 Lewisite-mustard gas mixture. |
Weight of filling: 50 pounds. |
Total weight of bomb: 110 pounds. |
Charge/weight ratio: 46 percent. |
Construction of body: A steel nosepiece is held by three screws to the bomb body. The nose contains a picric acid burster charge. A tail cone is welded to the after end of the body; the body and tail cavity is filled with liquid gas. A central burster charge container is threaded into the forward end of the body. It houses a firing pin, detonator, booster and a picric acid burster charge. |
Construction of tail: Four steel fins are welded to the tail cone and are braced by two sets of tubular struts. |
Figure 17 - Type 92 50-kg. Gas Bomb. |
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