Description
White rubber nose, black body, white tail cone and fins. Brass band just aft of rubber nose.
A hemispherical rubber nose piece is attached by screws to the forward end of the one piece, cast iron body . The bomb fuze is contained in the nose and body . A burster charge is attached to the after end of the fuze and extends into the tail cone which is held to the bomb body by five screws. The burster charge is surrounded by cotton wadding which is contained in a central tube . The remaining space in the tail cone is filled with red or white phosphorus. A safety plunger is depressed when the bomb is loaded in the bomb rack. A screw type safety pin is removed when the bomb is in the bomb rack.
Four fins are welded to the sheet metal tail cone. There are no tail struts.
Hazardous Components
Picric burster and a red or white phosphorus main charge (3 oz, 84 grams)
See Also
General Information, Japanese Navy Bombs
Nose, A-5(a)
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