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Another Czech bomb found - needs ID

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Dreamk

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Another remnant of a prewar Czech bomb - this time found in the Czech republic (Hradec Kralove region) in 2017.
Only the body and the fuse remain and the definitive identification is in doubt:
The dimensions given are length 40cm diameter about 70mm weight about 10kg
First Republic air bomb about 10 kg, length 40 cm, diameter about 70 mm 007.jpg 001.jpg First Republic air bomb about 10 kg, length 40 cm, diameter about 70 mm 008 Hradec Kralove regio.jpg First Republic air bomb about 10 kg, length 40 cm, diameter about 70 mm 006.jpg
The 10kg vz 34 ("Skoda bombs series") had a total length (including tail) of 572 mm and a body diameter of 92 mm
The earlier 10kg vz 31 ("Fusiform bomb series") had a total length (including tail) of 815 mm and a body diameter of 90 mm
The remnants of black paint on the body seem to weight in favor of the earlier model (bombs of the vz34 series seem to have been painted a shade of kakhi-green but this may be wrong)
 
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Existují dvě
zajímavé věci : první
materiál těla pojistky - Mosaz (setkal jsem se :)

pouze s ocelí) a druhý, který závěsné oko přežilo Zjistit, zda je vz.30 nebo 31 nebo .. neexistuje žádná fotografie...
Vyčištěná fuse nebo bomby na těle poskytnou více informací.
As you know for 20 kg, the fuse had the option of setting a delay, and this is not the bomb found in the photo. I am therefore inclined to make a fuse with two igniters before 1930 but later than 1926.
 
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It can be stated that each delivery of Škoda bombs or fuse had some differences, so we can say with a high probability the year of production 1926 to 1929. (Because the van in 1930 already had a different type of fuse and certainly after a year in 1926 because the bomb has a type of hinge "eye"
There are also Škoda bombs vz.32 , among others 12.5 kg Sharp fragmentation bomb vz.32. However, the fuse has a retractable delay so it is different from the picture.
One side note, if someone goes for it with a wrench, it is good to know that the initiation can also occur by hitting and moving the other needle and igniter.
The fuse has the same two igniters and two needles !!
Akon
 
Thanks a lot for these details Akon. what external difference was there between the vz.32 bombs and the previous ones, that could enable to distinguish them? a different body shape? different tails? different dimensions?
Do you have more details / picture of the 12.5 kg fragmentation bomb vz.32?
 
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