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| ITALIAN AND FRENCH EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE |
| Chapter 8 |
| FRENCH BOMBS |
| 500-kg (Model 1930, No. 1 and No. 2) |
| Data |
| Model 1930 | No. 1 | No. 2 | |
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Over-all length |
84.0 in. | 83.0 in. | 79.0 in. |
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Body length |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
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Body diameter |
19.3 in. | 21.4 in. | 19.6 in. |
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Wall thickness |
0.56 in. | 0.44 in. | 0.625 in. |
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Tail length |
34.2 in. | Unknown | Unknown |
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Tail width |
27.2 in. | Unknown | Unknown |
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Type of filling |
MDn or DD |
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Filling weight |
600 lb. | 662 lb. | 595 lb. |
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Total weight |
1285 lb. | 1182 lb. | 1148 lb. |
| Fuzing | |||
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Nose |
A modified R.S.A. Mod. 1930 (except 500 kg Model 1930) |
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Tail |
3B15 Sch.R. 1938 (500 kg Model 1930 only) | ||
| Description |
| Model 1930: Bomb case is made of a single-piece steel forging. |
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No. 1: This bomb is made of three sheet-steel sections welded together, presum-ably cirsumferentially. |
| No. 2: The bomb case is made of a single-piece steel forging. |
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The tail assembly of these bombs consists of a tail cone with four vanes atta-ched. |
| Color and Markings |
| Over-all - yellow |
| Painted on case - Type of filling, source, etc. |
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Figure 254 |
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