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| ITALIAN AND FRENCH EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE |
| Chapter 8 |
| FRENCH BOMBS |
| 1-kg Incendiaries Type A and Type B |
| Data |
| Type A | Type B | |
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Over-all length |
14.5 in. | 14.5 in. |
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Body length |
9 in. | Unknown |
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Wall thickness |
0.35 in. | 0.35 in. |
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Tail length |
4.75 in. | Unknown |
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Tail width |
2.0 in. | 2.0 in. |
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Type of filling |
Thermite | Thermite |
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Total weight |
1 kg | 1 kg |
| Fuzing | ||
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Nose only |
Fuzes for 1 kg Incendiaries. |
| Description |
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The bomb bodies are cylindrical castings of magnesium alloy, with the nose internally threaded to take a nose fuze. Toward the nose, the bomb casing is perforated by two small vents, plugged with wax. The bombs differ in tail assemblies, with Type A consist-ing of three sheet-metal vanes supported at the ends by a circular ring and Type B con-sisting of a cast-alloy tail cone and eight vanes. |
| Color and Markings |
| Type A: Body - blue; tail - black |
| Type B: Body - red or blue; tail - green or black |
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Figure 257 |
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