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Over-All Length: 107 in. Body Length: 66.5 in. Body Diameter: 21 in. Wall Thickness: 1.5 in to 12 in. tapering Tail Length: N/A Tail Width: N/A Total Weight: 2,057 kg. Filling: Very pure cast TNT in an aluminum container in the nose. Two pre-cast Trialen charges in thick cardboard cylindrical cartons which are waxed into the bomb casing, completes the filling. One specimen had 3 blocks of nitroguanidine in nose and 10 blocks of RDX/Wax/A1 in two cardboard cylinders in the body. Weight Of Filling: 360 kg. Charge/Weight Ratio: 17.5% Fuzing: Charging Head: (49) C1 Pyrotechnic: (49) C2 Impact: (49) C3 SUSPENSION: Horizontal. COLOR AND MARKINGS: Bomb body and tail are sky blue in color. Rocket unit and distance piece are olive drab. Stenciled on body: Schutzen unt 13, 10 , 42 Achtung vor Beladung Zsk Aussenalten PC 1800 RS |
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CONSTRUCTION: Typical rocket bomb construction with
single fuze pocket in distance piece. Nineteen rockets are used--ten 22.5 inches long,
eight 20 7/8 inches long and one 11.25 inches long. All have a diameter of 2 15/16 inches.
Rocket unit weighs 422 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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