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| ITALIAN AND FRENCH EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE |
| Chapter 1 |
| ITALIAN BOMBS |
| 1,000-kg G.P. Bomb |
| Data |
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Over-all length |
140 in. |
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Body length |
94.5 in. |
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Body diameter |
20.5 in. |
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Wall thickness |
0.29 in. |
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Tail length |
45.5 in. |
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Tail width |
28 in. |
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Type of filling |
TNT |
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Weight of filling |
Unknown |
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Total weight |
1000 kg (approx.) |
| Fuzing |
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Nose fuze only - Unknown |
| Description |
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The bomb casing is made up four pieces welded together: (1) the nose; (2) a cylindrical part; (3) a truncated cone; and (4) the conical part to which the tail fins are attached. At about 30 in. from the rear, a steel diaphragm is welded inside the casing to contain the main filling before this point. A steel nose plug carries a steel fuze adapter, and both these have serrated flanges to form seals against rubber packings which are counter-sunk into the relative surface in the bomb nose plug, respectively. A steel booster tube, about 1¼ in. diameter, runs the length of the bomb; it is inserted from the tail end, where it is screwed into the tail cone, and at the nose end it is located by a sleeve which forms an extension to the fuze adapter. |
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A plug, which is drilled to take the detonator, is screwed into the forward end of the booster tube; there is a felt washer beneath this plug. An internal plug, which is located by gub screws, seals the booster charge at the rear. A steel plug closes the booster tube at the tail end. The booster tube contains penthrite. Around the booster tube and forming a core to the main filling is a tube, 3 in. external diameter, with a bore 2 in. dia-meter; this is composed of annular rings of compressed TNT about 2¼ in. long. |
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Remarks |
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A glider attachment was used with this bomb. The controls for the glider contain a gyro unit for azimuth and an air-speed unit to control the dive angle. |
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Figure 12 |
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