Fuzes: A-3 (a).

Over-all length: 40 inches.

Length of body: 21 3/4 inches.

Diameter of body: 7 7/8 inches.

Thickness of wall: 1/4 inch.

Material of wall: Steel.

Type of suspension: Horizontal.

Suspension lug: Normal Navy type.

Color and markings: Gray over all with a green band on the nose, green tail struts, and a blue band around the body. Two thin red lines 180° apart run longitudinally along the bomb. New type markings will be found.

Length of tail: 18 3/16 inches.

Width of tail: 10 5/8 inches.

Width of tail fins: 4 3/4 inches.

Dimensions of tail struts: Length, 7 7/8 inches; width, 1 3/8 inches; thickness 3/32 inch.

Material of tail: Sheet steel.

Type of filling: Picric acid or type 98 explosive.

Weight of filling: 50 pounds.

Total weight of bomb: 124 pounds.

Charge/weight ratio: 40 percent.

Construction of body: A cast-steel nose is attached by a continous weld and 2 rows of 10 rivets each to a tubular-steel body. A circumferential weld to a collar which fits into the after end of the body is held there by 2 rows of screws (14 per row).

Construction of tail: Four fins are spot welded to the tail cone and braced by a single set of box-type struts.

Figure 35 - Type 97 No. 6 Land Bomb.