NC 50 Smoke Bomb
Over-All Length: 26.75 in.
Body Length: 10.75 in.
Body Diameter: 7.75 in.
Wall Thickness: 0.16 in. - 0.24 in.
Tail Length: 16.0 in.
Tail Width: 11.0 in.
 Total Weight: 109 lbs.
Type Of Filling: Light grey smoke producing powder smelling strongly of camphor.
Weight Of Filling: N/A
Charge/Weight Ratio: N/A
Fuzing: (46) mechanical impact.
CONSTRUCTION: The body is a normal 50-kg bomb seamless steel tube with a cast steel nose welded to it. The circular hole in the wall of the bomb which normally gives access to the fuze pocket is covered over by a steel disk welded flush with the bomb wall. The base plug is secured to the bomb body by eight screws and is pierced by five holes. The fuze is located over the central hole by four brackets welded to the fuze and the base plug. Beneath the blug and covering the filling is a thin metal plate also pierced by five holes: 4.5 inches from the tip; from there four one inch white bands run back to the shoulder. "N.C. 50" is stenciled on the body and is believed to be an abbreiviation for "Nebel Cylindrish 50 kg" (Smoke Cylinder 50 kg).
All information for this entry were acquired from Army Technical manual TM 9-1985-2/Air Force Technical Order TO 39B-1A-9
GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE (Bombs, Fuzes, Rockets, Land Mines, Grenades & Igniters)
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