PC 1600
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Type: Anti-Armor Over-All Length: 110.8 in. Body Length: 65.7 in. Body Diameter: 21.0 in. Wall Thickness: N/A Tail Length: N/A Tail Width: N/A Total Weight: 1,600 kg Filling: RDX, Aluminum and Wax Weight Of Filling: 230 kg. Charge/Weight Ratio: 14.4% Fuzing: (49) P16 CONSTRUCTION: The body is of two-piece construction with a cylinder type tail. It is designed to penetrate 180mm of Panzer steel or 2.5 meters of reinforced concrete at a striking angle of 60 degrees. REMARKS: Usually dropped at an altitude of 4,000 to 6,000 meters. The production of this bomb was stopped in October 1942. Bombs then on hand were used and not replaced. SUSPENSION: Horizontal. COLOR AND MARKINGS: Blue stripes on tail cone. |
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)
