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Portuguese Incendiary Bombs 1942

Dreamk

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These photos come from a 1942 movie, named experiences made at headquarters of the battalion of Fire-Fighters ("Sapadores Bombeiros" - a literal translation of the French "Sapeurs Pompiers"). The soundtrack is not very good so I could identify weights only for some bombs.

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Unknown Incendiary (possibly an interwar British model or a Portuguese adaptation of a British design - I remember having already seen something like that somewhere)

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1kg Incendiary (possibly an interwar British model or a Portuguese adaptation of a British design - a smaller version of the previous one)

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1kg Carbonit design (but not the original German Carbonit incendiary nor its Spanish copy - both had a rounded tip - this one has a pointed tip like the Carbonit explosive bombs)

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1kg German or French design - (the soundtrack does not help understanding the differences between the 2)

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250g versions of the previous ones

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Further details would be, of course, welcome :tinysmile_fever_t:
 
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