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| U.S.N.B.D. - BRITISH BOMBS AND FUZES; PYROTECHNICS; DETONATORS |
| MEDIUM CAPACITY BOMBS |
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BRITISH BOMB |
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FUZING: |
1000 LB. M.C. |
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Nose Pistol No. 27, 42, or 44. |
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Tail Pistol No. 28, 30, or 37. |
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COLOR & MARKINGS |
Dark green overall; red | |
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band around nose, light |
Mks I & II |
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green band around ogive |
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base. |
(Service) |
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TAIL NO. |
No. 37 Mk I |
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OVERALL LENGTH |
72.6" |
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BODY LENGTH |
52.5" |
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MAX. BODY DIAMETER |
17.75" | |
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WALL THICKNESS |
0.48" | |
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TAIL LENGTH |
20" | |
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TAIL WIDTH |
17.5" | |
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TOTAL WEIGHT |
1021 lb. (with Amatol 60/40) | |
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CHARGE/WEIGHT RATIO |
47% |
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BODY CONSTRUCTION: |
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Hollow steel casting, parallel sides, ogival nose, and slight taper at rear end. Explo-der containers thread into nose and base filling plug (male base plate). Similar in ap-pearance to U.S. General Purpose bombs. |
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TAIL CONSTRUCTION: |
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Cylindrical strut attached to tail cone by four sheet metal fins. Reach rod with arm-ing vanes on aft end extends through tail cone and engages arming fork in tail pistol. Tail secured to body by four wing bolts retained in tail ring by split pins. Arming vanes protrude beyond cylindrical. |
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SUSPENSION: |
Mk I – |
Single suspension lug at center of gravity attached to two stop plates welded to body, and duel "U" bolt sus-pension lugs 180 degrees remo-ved from single lug for carrying in U.S. bomb racks, both welded on. |
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Has strengthened from U.S. lug for dive bombers. |
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EXPLOSIVE COMPONENTS: |
Detonators: | (See Appendix I, page 309) |
| Exploders: | C.E. pellets | |
| Filling: | 475 lb. Amatol 50/50 or 60/40 or Amatex 9 500 lb. of R.D.X./T.N.T. 525 lb. Torpex 2. |
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REMARKS: |
(1) |
This bomb is supplied with a No. 28 or No. 30 tail pistol in position, and may or may not be fuzed in the nose. |
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The anti-disturbance fuze No. 845, formely incorporated in nose of bombs fuzed with No. 37 tail pistol, is obsolete. |
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(3) |
Tail fins usually painted red when time pistole is used. |
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