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Over-All Length: 104 in. Body Diameter: 26 in. Tail Length: 26 in. Tail Width: 26 in. Total Weight: 1,000 kg approx. |
Filling: RDX/A1/Wax biscuits in Trialen 106 matrix.. Weight of filling: 735 kg. Charge/Weight ratio: 0.75% approx. Fuzing: E1AZ (55) A with nose switch |
CONSTRUCTION: The bomb has a welded sheet metal body. A drawn steel threaded nose piece is of streamlined construction to reduce air resistance while the bomb is attatched to the aircraft. (Earlier models had a welded nose piece.) There is no base plate. The bomb is filled through the nose and an exploder tube runs along the central axis from the fuze pocket to the nose. It is filled with TNT pellets. Electric leads run through the center of bomb connecting fuze and nose switch. Bomb has a drawn steel cone-type tail.
SUSPENSION: Horizontal by an H-type lug or trunnions for use if carried by dive bombers.
REMARKS: Due to thin case and brisiant explosive, this bomb is vulnerable to small arms fire.
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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