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Bomb for ID
- Thread starter Chris
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Reasonably well. Covid is running rampant, two grandkids had it, one with no symptoms, one was briefly hospitalized. Wife had a cousin that showed symptoms, was hospitalized, then died two days later of a heart attack with no prior issues - end result is that we are keeping a low profile, work is exposure enough. Most of my collecting is currently through the internet. Not preferred, but it keeps the bullets coming in.
On the WWI US bombs the support bars may not be a big deal. While I have never seen them on the converted projectiles, the 25lb and 50lb bombs were commonly found either with or without. Possibly a modification program done as they were being made obsolete - good use of taxpayer money.
On the WWI US bombs the support bars may not be a big deal. While I have never seen them on the converted projectiles, the 25lb and 50lb bombs were commonly found either with or without. Possibly a modification program done as they were being made obsolete - good use of taxpayer money.
I am reviving this old thread .
Chris do you have details on the location of this bomb or at least where the photograph has been taken?
The bomb has a number of similarities - size excepted - with the 50kg bomb produced by the Artillery Works at Bandoeng for the KNIL in teh late 1930s.
The tail is almost identical and the combination of colors (black tail with yellow body) is also very evocative.
Although the inscription on teh above bomb is clearly 50 and eems to be indeed in Kilograms, by consistency with the weight inscribed on the other bombs, on the following photos I suspect that we see is in fact a 25kg model of this bomb, or practice models of this same bomb, seeing how the mechanics hold them
Chris do you have details on the location of this bomb or at least where the photograph has been taken?
The bomb has a number of similarities - size excepted - with the 50kg bomb produced by the Artillery Works at Bandoeng for the KNIL in teh late 1930s.
The tail is almost identical and the combination of colors (black tail with yellow body) is also very evocative.
Although the inscription on teh above bomb is clearly 50 and eems to be indeed in Kilograms, by consistency with the weight inscribed on the other bombs, on the following photos I suspect that we see is in fact a 25kg model of this bomb, or practice models of this same bomb, seeing how the mechanics hold them
A sample of this bomb (25kg?) seems to have survived in a display in Indonesia - at the Satria Mandala Museum in Jakarta:
This bomb has been modified to serve as an improvised mine against KNIL convoys - a practice generally done with ex-Japanese left-over bombs, vut aparently some ex-KNIl bombs were also used.
The lugs on the bomb are interesting, aimed at answering to verious standards of bomb racks.
This bomb has been modified to serve as an improvised mine against KNIL convoys - a practice generally done with ex-Japanese left-over bombs, vut aparently some ex-KNIl bombs were also used.
The lugs on the bomb are interesting, aimed at answering to verious standards of bomb racks.