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| Japanese Explosive Ordnance – Bombs, Bomb Fuzes, Land Mines,
Grenades, Firing Devices and Sabotage Devices |
| Chapter 1 – Section 2 |
| Japanese Navy Bombs |
| "Baka" Piloted Rocket Bomb |
| BOMB DATA |
| Over-all length: 19 feet 10 inches. |
| Wingspread: 16 feet 5 inches. |
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Description: The "Baka" bomb is a suicide weapon designed to be controlled by a human pilot. It is carried beneath the fuselage of a bomber and released near its target. Three rocket motors provide propulsion after release from the mother plane. The entire explosi-ve content of the Baka bomb is contained in the warhead in the nose. |
| WARHEAD DATA |
| Fuzes: A-3 (g), B-9 (a), B-10 (a). two of each. |
| Over-all length: 68 1/2 inches. |
| Diameter: 23 1/2 inches. |
| Thickness of wall: 1 1/4 inches. |
| Material of wall: Steel. |
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Suspension: The was head is secured to the fuselage of the "Baka" bomb by four brac-kets welded to the base plate. |
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Color and markings: Grey over all. Green band around nose, a brown band adjacent to it. |
| Type of filling: Trinitroanisol. |
| Weight of filling: 1,135 pounds. |
| Total weight of warhead: 2,645 pounds. |
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Description: The warhead is of one piece, machined steel construction. It has parallel sindes and an ogival nose. The nose fuze pocket is 8 1/2 inches deep. The after end of the warhead is closed by a base plate. Four tail fuze pockets are grouped around a cen-tral threaded hole in a slightly raised portion of the base plate. The center hole accom-modates an arming device which the pilot operates to arm the four tail fuzes simultane-ously. |
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Figure 88 - "Baka" Piloted Rocket Bomb. |
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