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Over-All Length: 110.8 in. Body Length: 75.7 in. Body Diameter: 22.0 in. Wall Thickness: 1.25 in. wall to 12.5 in. point Tail Length: 43.3 in. Tail Width: 22.0 in. Total Weight: 1,400 kg |
Filling: TNT and Wax; Trialen Weight Of Filling: 300 kg. Charge/Weight Ratio: 21.4% Fuzing: (28) A or 35; Extension Cap III |
SUSPENSION: Suspension of the bomb in the racks is horizontal by means of an H-type lug or by two trunnions on the carrying band.
COLOR AND MARKINGS: Sky blue over-all or sky blue with aluminum tail. Red or blue stripes or tail.
CONSTRUCTION: The bomb body is of one-piece forged steel
construction. There is one transverse fuze pocket located aft of the carrying lug. Two
exploder tubes containing tetryl run lengthwise through the explosive cavity just left of
the fuze pocket. The base of the bomb body is closed with a male base plate. The bomb tail
is of the cylinder type, the cylinder being 6 inches deep. It is constructed of either cast
aluminum or magnesium.
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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