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Antirochochet Plates

     The antirichochet plates are used for the same general purpose as the kopfring but are entirely different in construction. Type I, which is used only on the SC 250 kg bombs, is constructed of a conical cup and a dished plate welded to it. The conical cup is 3/16 inch steel and designed to fit as a sheath over the nose of the bomb. A dished plate, 10 inches in diameter, fits over the cup and is welded to it. Eight stiffening ribs, also of 3/16 inch steel, are welded between the plate and the cup. The entire assembly is attached to the nose of the bomb by means of a threaded bolt which passes through a hole in the apex of the cone.
    Type II is used on the SC 50 kg bombs. A circular plate, 5.75 in. in diameter and 15/16 inch thick, is machined conically to fit over the nose of the bomb. Welded to this plate is a circular cup, 2-11/16 in. in diameter and drilled centrally to take a bolt for securing the entire assembly to the bomb.
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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