Description
Black overall. Red stripe on nose. Yellow stripe and white stripe forward of suspension lug.
The body is constructed of a light sheet steel cylinder which surrounds a steel central burster tube. The space between the tube and the outer casing is filled with steel pellets set in concrete. The nose of the bomb is slightly tapered. A steel adapter ring is welded to the end of the nose piece. It is threaded internally to receive another ring which contains the nose fuze pocket. The central burster tube is an explosive filled 1/8 inch steel cylinder, 2 3/8 inches in diameter and 16 1/2 inches long. A base plug is inserted into the after end of the central tube and held in place by a friction fit.
A steel pipe 7/8 inch in diameter and 9 inches long is welded to the base plug. Four tail fins are welded to the pipe and to the base plug. The tail fins are braced by a single set of box-type struts. A hinged lug for vertical suspension is attached to the after part of the steel pipe.
Hazardous Components
Cast picric (3 lbs, 1.4 kg) in a central exploder tube surrounded by steel pellets set in concrete.
See Also
General Information, Japanese Army Bombs
Nose, A-2(b), Type 12 Year Instantaneous
Nose, A-2(d), Type 1 Instantaneous
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