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| USSR – BOMBS AND FUZES |
| BOMBS |
| INCENDIARY |
| ZAB-50T SHCH |
| TYPE |
Incendiary (thermite) |
| NOSE FUZE |
TM-24B, TM-4B |
| TAIL FUZE |
None |
| TOTAL LENGTH (in.) |
41.5 |
| BODY LENGTH (in.) |
–– |
| MAXIMUM DIAMETER (in.) |
11 |
| WALL THICKNESS (in.) |
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| TOTAL WEIGHT |
110 lbs. |
| CHARGE/WEIGHT RATIO |
60% |
| MAIN CHARGE (TYPE & WEIGHT) |
Approximately 100 thermite balls – 66 lbs. |
| SUSPENSION |
Single lug |
| COLOR MARKINGS |
Body band – Red |
| BODY CONSTRUCTION |
The bomb has an ogival nose section welded to a cylin-drical sheet iron body. The ignition charge for the ther-mite balls is contained in a perforated iron tube, which extends about three quarters of the bomb length. The incendiary spheres are loaded through an opening in the base of the bomb. |
| TAIL CONSTRUCTION |
The tail has four (4) fins and is detachable. |
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REMARKS – The filling of this bomb consists of approximately 100 compressed thermite balls, weighting about .7 lbs. each. The thermite composition is as fol-lows: |
| Iron oxide | 53.3% | ||
| Aluminum | 16.0% | ||
| Barium nitrate | 28.3% | ||
| Magnesium | 0.4% | ||
| Binder | 2.0% |
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The maximum burning temperature is 3632° F. |
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