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| ITALIAN AND FRENCH EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE |
| Chapter 1 |
| ITALIAN BOMBS |
| 24-kg G.P.-H.E. Bomb |
| Data |
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Over-all length |
30.5 in. |
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Body length |
19.9 in. |
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Body diameter |
6.4 in. |
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Tail length |
14.8 in. |
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Tail width |
6.4 in. |
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Type of filling |
TNT |
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Weight of filling |
12 kg |
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Total weight |
24 kg |
| Fuzing |
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Tail only - Type N-1 |
| Description |
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The bomb is light cased, with a steel body and nose in one piece. A sheet-metal tail, in-cluding a sheet-metal strengthening band at the end, is attached to bomb by a metal band which is clamped around the body. The suspension band is bolted around the body. |
| Color and Markings |
| Over-all - grey; nose - red |
| Remarks |
| The bomb was declared obsolete by the Italians before the end of war. |
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Figure 6 |
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