To add some information, AAC Shipments:On September 13th, 1933 a letter from the AAC representative stated that the Bolivian wanted "odd sizes [of bombs], but we ought to be able to furnish them with bombs of approximatively those weights" - This Bolivian request was for: 500x50lbs fragmentation, 300x100lbs, 500x110lbs and 200x220lbs demolition bombs)
The Contract between the AAC and the Bolivian Government was signed on December 4th 1934 and shipped in 3 batches: June 14th 1934, June 15th 1934 and July 31rd 1934 and consisted of:
1000 30lb Frag bombs
400 100lb Frag bombs
400 120lb Demolition bombs
100 300lb Demolition bombs
50 600lbs Demolition bombs
The bombs being produced by the Lake Erie Chemical Co. (Cleveland, Ohio), which main production was aimed at chemical bombs (tear gas, incendiary, toxic gases) while the bombs body were produced by the Federal Laboratories, Inc (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania).
The usual AAC practice was to deliver the toxic and incendiary bombs already filled (this was possibly also the case for frag bombs), while explosive bombs were furnished as empty casings, the filling being done in situ. For instance the first order completed by the AAC for Bolivia in 1932 was to dispatch 6 orders of ammunition to Chile to be reshipped to Bolivia, fo0r a total of around USD 1.6 million, including aerial bombs and components. This order included: 1515 bomb casings (empty), 5 boxes of detonators and capsules (fuzes) for the bombs, and 65 boxes of stabilizer fins for aircraft bombs.
All this helps understanding which kind of bombs were shipped - as can be seen on the following photographic evidence which exist only for this bomb officially designated as "30lb Incendiary:
Is the bomb appearing in the first post the 100lb Frag bomb delivered - is it the 30lb frag bomb? or something else?
Another photograph of Bolivian bombs used in 1932 is not really helpful solving the puzzle as it shows definitively a 30lb US Navy model bomb (type M5 or earlier) but the dimensions of the bomb in post 1 seem definitively larger.
From left to Right : 1 - Bofors/Tolvan 80kg, 2 - Unknown 50kg, 3 - Bofors/Tolfvan 30kg, 4 - British 25kg (probably the intention is 65lb), 5 - US (?) 15 kg - 6 Bofors/Tolfvan 10kg (more probably 12kg)
The weights come from the original picture , the type of the bomb is my own identification (the Finnish contract for these bombs is part of a special consideration in the answer of the Finnish Government to the Society of Nations, expressing there willingness to be part of the embargo on weapons towards the countries - Bolivia and Paraguay - involved in the Chaco conflict...but only after they have completed the delivery of these bombs - business is business :cry
Can someone also identify the bomb number 2 on the last pic: 2 "50kg"?
