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| ITALIAN AND FRENCH EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE |
| Chapter 1 |
| ITALIAN BOMBS |
| 250-kg and 500-kg (500T) Gas Bombs |
| Data |
| 250-kg | 500-kg | |
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Over-all length |
Unknown | 96.6 in. |
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Body length |
57.5 in. | 54.3 in. |
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Body diameter |
18.0 in. | 18.0 in. |
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Wall thickness |
0.12 in. | 0.12 in. |
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Type of filling |
Mustard | Diphenyl Chlorarsine |
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Weight of filling |
214 kg (approx.) | 210 kg |
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Total weight |
264 kg (approx.) without tail | 298 kg |
| Fuzing |
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250-kg: Nose - Unknown |
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500-kg: Nose - Type K |
| Description |
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These two bombs are thought to be the same except for the slight differences in length of the body, which could have been measured erratically. Two different illustrations are shown; one is made from recovered bomb and the other is from Italian drawings. |
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250-kg: The casing is of thin sheet metal and is of welded construction. Inside the body casing is welded a perforated supporting disc which also acts as a baffle for the chemical filling. The tail unit was not recovered, but could take the alloy tail unit which is used in the C500T. |
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500-kg: Very little is kwnon about this bomb, since it was used in the war. The bomb is very similar to the 500-kg General Purpose, execpt that it has a baffle plate in the cen-ter. |
| Color and Markings |
| 250-kg: Over-all - light blue-grey; nose plug - yellow |
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500-kg: Over-all - grey; Geneva cross, probably in green, above the lettering S.C.M. 1-37, C-500T. |
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Figure 29 |
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