Description
The 5 inch Chemical Rocket, Mk 1, was a modification of the 30-pound light case conventional aircraft bomb. It consisted of a steel tubular body fitted with a steel plate and a steel nose plug. The bomb body (rocket warhead) bursts on functioning, instead of the injection tail plate and contents as is the case with the MK 1 bomb. Most of the bomb bodies (warheads) were made from steel plate rolled to shape and lap- or butt-welded longitudinally, and not from a drawn- steel tube. The nose plug carried the burster container in which the No. 721 fuze was screwed.
Functioning
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Hazardous Components
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Source(s)
Old Chemical Weapons Reference Guide (1998)
