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| Japanese Explosive Ordnance – Bombs, Bomb Fuzes, Land Mines,
Grenades, Firing Devices and Sabotage Devices |
| Chapter 1 – Section 1 |
| Japanese Army Bombs |
| 50-kg. and 100 kg. Pamphlet Container |
| Fuzes: D-1 (a), D-1 (b). |
| 50 kg. | 100 kg. | |
| Over-all length | 37 inches. | 49 inches. |
| Length of body | 19 inches. | 26 inches. |
| Diameter of body | 7 1/8 inches. | 9 1/2 inches. |
| Thickness of wall: 3/16 inch. |
| Material of wall: Cardboard. |
| Type of suspension: Horizontal. |
| Suspension lug: Normal Army type suspension lug. |
| Color and markings: Brown over-all. |
| 50 kg. | 100 kg. | |
| Length of tail | 18 inches. | 23 inches. |
| Width of tail | 6 3/4 inches. | 13 inches. |
| Width of tail fins | 3 3/8 inches. | 7 1/2 inches. |
| Dimensions of tail | Forward: 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 3/16 inches. Aft: 6 3/8 x 2 5/8 x 3/16 inches. |
Forward: 8 7/8 x 1 5/8 x 3/16 inches. Aft: 9 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 3/16 inches. |
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Material of tail: Cardboard. |
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Type of filling: Small bursting charge and paper pamphlets. |
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Construction of body: The cardboard body consists a hemispherical split wooden nose plug to which is nailed a nose fuze housing. A burster charge also fits into the cavity of the nose plug. There are two longitudinal slits in the body which terminate 2 inches from either end of the body. A cardboard tail cone is attached to the body by four bayonet joints which engage four bolts on the ex-terior of the bomb body. |
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Construction of tail: Four cardboard fins are taped to the tail cone and are braced by two sets of cardboard box type struts. |
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Remarks: The bursting charge splits the bomb longitudinally along the two slits into hal-ves allowing the pamphlets to escape. |
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Figure 32 - 50-kg. and 100-kg. Pamphlet Container. |
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