Description
Black overall (prime coat of gold paint on the body only).
The bomb consists of a nose piece, incendiary filled body and explosive filled tail. The nose piece is made of magnesium and screws into the bomb body. At the flat forward end it is threaded centrally to receive the brass firing pin holder which contains a fixed steel firing pin. At the after end it is pierced by a flash hole. The recess within the nose piece houses a movable detonator carrier and a creep spring. An off center transverse safety pin prevents the detonator carrier from hitting the firing pin. The body is a thermite filled cylindrical magnesium tube. The forward end is threaded internally to receive the nose piece. The after end is boat-tailed to accommodate the conical tail cone. 3/4 inch aft of the forward end are four vent holes, 90° apart. The conical tail cone, made of light sheet metal, slips over the boat-tailed after body of the bomb, and is secured to it by four screws. Each of the three fins, which are made of the same material as the cone, has its inner edge turned and held to the cone by four rivets. Where the three fins meet aft of the apex of the tail cone, they are braced and held together by angular metal strips, which are riveted onto both sides of each fin by two rivets. The outer edge of each fin is turned for a distance of 3/4 inch from the after end. Six rivets hold these turned edges to a circular strut. Filling the inside of the tail cone is a conical cloth bag containing a pyrotechnic mixture which may have explosive properties.
Hazardous Components
Thermite filler.
See Also
General Information, Japanese Army Bombs
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