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| ITALIAN AND FRENCH EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE |
| Chapter 1 |
| ITALIAN BOMBS |
| 100-kg Special Bomb Combination Anti-Personnel Bomb and Bomb Container |
| Data |
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Over-all length |
53.2 in. |
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Body length |
29.0 in. |
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Body diameter |
10.7 in. |
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Wall thickness |
0.07 in. |
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Tail length |
20.8 in. |
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Tail width |
10.7 in. |
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Type of filling |
TNT |
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Total weight |
113.0 kg or 82.1 kg |
| Fuzing |
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Nose - Type X |
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Tail - Type Z |
| Description |
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This is a composition which compries: (1) 32 small Spezzine bombs; (2) a central bomb; and (3) a nose charge which acts as an anti-personnel bomb. If Spezzine bombs are fil-led with H.E., the bomb is called 100-kg. Sp. I. In the latter, the 32 small bombs (1 kg I) may be replaced by 16 (2 kg I bombs). |
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Nose fuze (Type X) functions at a preset height and causes the conical nose portion, carrying a length of burning safety fuse and an explosive charge enclosed in concrete, to fall away and explode subsequently; small bombs thus released fall independently. The main body continues its flight, containing the central bomb, which explodes on impact under the action of the tail fuze. |
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The container part consists of two concentric sheet-steel cylinders, the outer 0.08 in. thick and the inner 0.4 in. thick, held together by four strips and the end plate. The tail attached to the outer cylinder by four threded studs; in the inner cylinder is fitted the central bomb, of the "Mitroglia" type. The nose fuze protrudes and is attached by a steel adapter and locking-ball device ti the central bomb. |
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Spezzine bombs are packed, with safety pins removed, in eight columns of four, each column has a conical spreng to keep it in compression. Under one spring is a spring-load-ed plunger, protruding through the end plate and acting as a safety pin for Fuze Type Z of the central bomb. |
| Color and Markings |
| Over-all - reddish brown; nose - red |
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Figure 24 |
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