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| ITALIAN AND FRENCH EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE |
| Chapter 1 |
| ITALIAN BOMBS |
| 3-kg Anti-Personnel Bomb Type Mtr. |
| Data |
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Over-all length |
12.1 in. |
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Body length |
8.2 in. |
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Body diameter |
2.7 in. |
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Tail length |
4.5 in. |
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Tailt width |
2.7 in. |
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Type of filling |
TNT |
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Weight of filling |
0.17 kg |
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Total weight |
3 kg |
| Fuzing |
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Nose - Type M |
| Description |
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The bomb body is thin sheet steel with a fuze adapter pressed and spot-welded into the nose. A steel central tube, 7.1 in. long and 0.078 in. thick, contains the bursting charge of block TNT, recessed to take the base of the fuze and the detonator. The space bet-ween the exploder container and the bomb's outside wall is filled with steel fragments embedded in concrete. The tail is made of thin steel metal, with four vanes strengthened by a band 0.39 in. in width. |
| Color and Markings |
| Overall-all - blue or black |
| Nose - red |
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Figure 2 |
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