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,,Tříštivá letecká bomba 50 kg,,
Skoda construction (pictured left).
Manufacturer Škoda, delivered to the Air Force in 1924, serial design.
The body is 3-piece: lower part, connecting ring and upper part, closing ring (in the middle of the cylindrical part there are 8 rivets and one stud) + stabilization: it consists of several parts also connected by riveting.
Body diameter: 179.8mm
Overall length: 1665mm
Type of explosive: cast TNT a of which approx. 500 g pressed TNT
Explosive weight: 17.3kg
Fuse: Version from 1923 (1924) ,, Sensitive impact fuse with automatic delay for 50 kg bombs ,, (Patented fuse).
Charge: TNT (45g + 32.5g)
The photo shows a bomb without a fuse (the screw is screwed in).
Bombs paint: black body paint / stencil red (sharp bombs)?
Suspension system: fa. Avie, suspended under the bombsrack, pitch 820mm between the "front handle" and "rear carrying eye" ia .... in 1923 the company Avie delivered 500 pieces of hangers for bombs 50-150 kg. In 1926, the suspension system was modified (by company Pantofl) to a central suspension suspension with an eye .... the bombs had a new design.
,,Tříštivá letecká bomba 100kg ,,
construction Manufacturer Škoda,
delivered to the Air Force in 1924. serial design.
Body diameter: 249.75mm
Type of TNT explosive explosive weight: 32kg
Fuse Double fuse with retractable delay for 50 kg -500 kg air bombs.
Fuse covered by a patent (Škoda company)
Bombsrack system: Fa.Avie, suspended under the fuselage, pitch 820mm between the front and rear eye.
The photo is without a fuse (screwed-in transport screw)
Context: In 1924,
in reality, the Air Regiments 1, 2, 3, Air Training School had at their disposal: (ie in ammunition depots), Air bombs, 10 kg, 20 kg, 50, kg, 100 kg, 150 kg (standard version) + in addition, there were already produced experimental samples of smal pices 500 kg
( (Training) Cement air bombs 10kg-150 kg (serial). School air bombs 10 kg, 20, kg, 50 kg, 100 kg, 150 kg. 50 kg and 200 kg piercing bombs (equipped with two different lighters) were also tested and used experimentally. 3/4 Sections of aircraft bombs and fuse: see weights for weights above. For teaching, the army had illustrations and posters of air bombs and fuse and a suspension system (an edition consisting of 8 posters for teaching armorers). Furthermore, school "stands" for suspension systems for teaching armorers for practical suspension of bombs + wooden models of bombs with weights, see above. In addition, already in 1924, construction work and throwing from the plane on other types of air bombs began: incendiary, smoke, chemical, container (with fragmentation bombs), etc. In the following years, of course, the situation with the material changes and the number of air ammunition increases ...