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ID practice bomb
- Thread starter MINENAZ16
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more pics of these from Ellington Field, Texas, 1918
These are early army training bombs of ww1 time.
Very soon they were replaced by a concrete dummy bomb similar in shape to the Mk1 for the Army Air Corps and with a specific dummy bomb designed by Clarke & Co for the Navy which remained in used till ww2. Bothe dummies were designed in 1918
Army dummy concrete Mk1 1918:
Alternate Army design (Langley 1918)
Navy Dummy (2 and 1/2 pounds, 8 1/2 in length, chambered from a 10 gauge shot gun shell)
These are early army training bombs of ww1 time.
Very soon they were replaced by a concrete dummy bomb similar in shape to the Mk1 for the Army Air Corps and with a specific dummy bomb designed by Clarke & Co for the Navy which remained in used till ww2. Bothe dummies were designed in 1918
Army dummy concrete Mk1 1918:
Alternate Army design (Langley 1918)
Navy Dummy (2 and 1/2 pounds, 8 1/2 in length, chambered from a 10 gauge shot gun shell)
4th picture can just make out shotgun cartridges in fuse