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| ITALIAN AND FRENCH EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE |
| Chapter 1 |
| ITALIAN BOMBS |
| 12-kg Smoke Bomb |
| Data |
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Over-all length |
47 in. |
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Body length |
33 in. |
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Body diameter |
5.2 in. |
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Wall thickness |
Unknown |
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Tail length |
14 in. |
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Tail width |
7 in. |
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Type of filling |
Smoke composition |
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Total weight |
28 lb |
| Fuzing |
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Nose only - Special fuze for this bomb |
| Description |
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Body is light alloy all-welded construction (including tail unit) with longitudinal seam down the body. Mounted to fuze body, on a central stand, is the smoke-producing compositi-on. There are 26 smoke pellets, each 3 in. diameter and 1 in. thick, made of purple com-position, enclosed in a perforated metal container. Between each one and the next, there is a metal spacer. A length of saftey fuse leads from fuze to pellets and then to a self-destroying charge in the nose. |
| Color and Markings |
| Body - grey; tail - red |
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Figure 18 |
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