Jawasinger
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Was thinking British 250lb Smoke????? Any thoughts?
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Unknown bomb ID HELP PLEASE
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Hello neighbor, It is definitely different from the U.S. Depth Bomb, but it does have that style and look, perhaps a later design? What do the suspension lugs look like? Pat
Jawasinger
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no Lugs starting to think this is well done reproduction
I doubt it is a reproduction, It appears too well made. Keep up the search and good luck! Pat
ordman
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HMMMM water heater with fins ? (just kidding)
The body looks like an M31 cluster bomb with out the M25 adaptor casing
The tail matches the fuze configuation
But no lugs and the rounded nose seems to indicate an M30E1
The length from what I can judge seems a bit short though
Heres a couple of links that might shed some light on this
the 646 link shows an M30 M30A1 and M30E1 cluster adaptors the drawings show a rounded
nose for the M30E1 variant also no lugs present
http://maic.jmu.edu/ordata/srdetaildesc.asp?ordid=1033
http://maic.jmu.edu/ordata/srdetaildesc.asp?ordid=1035
http://maic.jmu.edu/ordata/srdetaildesc.asp?ordid=646
http://maic.jmu.edu/ordata/imagedisplay.asp?ordid=646&imagetype=1&imageflag=0&imagezoom=0
The body looks like an M31 cluster bomb with out the M25 adaptor casing
The tail matches the fuze configuation
But no lugs and the rounded nose seems to indicate an M30E1
The length from what I can judge seems a bit short though
Heres a couple of links that might shed some light on this
the 646 link shows an M30 M30A1 and M30E1 cluster adaptors the drawings show a rounded
nose for the M30E1 variant also no lugs present
http://maic.jmu.edu/ordata/srdetaildesc.asp?ordid=1033
http://maic.jmu.edu/ordata/srdetaildesc.asp?ordid=1035
http://maic.jmu.edu/ordata/srdetaildesc.asp?ordid=646
http://maic.jmu.edu/ordata/imagedisplay.asp?ordid=646&imagetype=1&imageflag=0&imagezoom=0
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Jawasinger
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LOL you might be right ordman the water heater was my first thought when I saw it
ordman
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Re read Been doing a little research
It may be just the upper casing with fin assembly
Then someone topped it off with the rounded nose later
Could have been a flight dynamics work up ?????
I REALY WISH YOU GUYS WOULD STOP KEEPING ME UP SO LATE :tinysmile_grin_t:
It may be just the upper casing with fin assembly
Then someone topped it off with the rounded nose later
Could have been a flight dynamics work up ?????
I REALY WISH YOU GUYS WOULD STOP KEEPING ME UP SO LATE :tinysmile_grin_t:
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A couple of additional photos with more detail would be helpful, as well as some measurements - diameter, oal, etc.
Depending on the size, fill material and phase of developement, strap-on suspension is always a possibility. It is not completely uncommon to see WWII era dispensers and bombs with their suspension lugs removed if they were of this type. It was done sometimes by the US to avoid the need to increase the wall thickness and strongback of the carrier, which increased the overall weight and lowered the capacity. It was also used to adapt items not normally set up for carriage by our bomb racks (Japanese bombs, large caliber projectiles, etc). Here is a Russian example that should illustrate the point. I'm not in the library at the moment, so cannot dig too much yet.
Start with some pictures showing how the item is assembled and some measurements, we can search better after that.
Depending on the size, fill material and phase of developement, strap-on suspension is always a possibility. It is not completely uncommon to see WWII era dispensers and bombs with their suspension lugs removed if they were of this type. It was done sometimes by the US to avoid the need to increase the wall thickness and strongback of the carrier, which increased the overall weight and lowered the capacity. It was also used to adapt items not normally set up for carriage by our bomb racks (Japanese bombs, large caliber projectiles, etc). Here is a Russian example that should illustrate the point. I'm not in the library at the moment, so cannot dig too much yet.
Start with some pictures showing how the item is assembled and some measurements, we can search better after that.
Jawasinger
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Ill have better pics, and measurments soon its currently at a freinds house hope I can pick it up this next weekend