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| ITALIAN AND FRENCH EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE |
| Chapter 8 |
| FRENCH BOMBS |
| 50-kg (A) and 50-kg (G.A.M.Mn) G.P.-H.E. |
| Data |
| (A) | (G.A.M.Mn.) | |
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Over-all length |
39.0 in. | 46.5 in. |
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Body length |
Unknown | Unknown |
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Body diameter |
6.15 in. | 7.85 in. |
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Wall thickness |
0.69 in. | 0.125 in. |
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Tail length |
17.0 in. | Unknown |
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Tail width |
7.85 in. | Unknown |
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Type of filling |
MDn | MMn |
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Weight of filling |
22.0 lb. | 63.0 lb. |
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Total weight |
88.0 lb. | 112.0 lb. |
| Fuzing | |
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(A): |
Nose - Type H Model 1921; Tail - 3B15 |
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(G.A.M.Mn) |
Tail - M. No. 2 |
| Description |
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(A): The body of this bomb is a single-piece steel forming made form a rejected 155-mm artillery shell. |
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(G.A.M.Mn): This bomb is made of sheet steel; it has either a longitudinal or a circumfe-rential weld. |
| Color and Markings |
| Both bombs: Over-all - yellow |
| Painted on bomb case - Type of filling and "F de Culot" if tail-fuzed only. |
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Figure 251 |
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