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This is an enlarged version of the diagram uploaded by Nabob.
50kg Carbonit diameter 286mm length (overall including handle) 975mm - this fits very well what you got.
BUT...here the problems arise:
The dimensions stated by the British Imperial war museum for the 50kg Carbonit are:
whole bomb: Diameter 267 mm, Length 991 mm
The Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin has also a 50kg Carbonit in nits collection and gives for charcteristics
whole bomb: Diameter 260 mm, Length 1020 mm
Now the Dresden - Kampfmittel des Monats September 2013 deals with this very bomb and gives:
Diameter 245mm overall length: 754mm
So does this mean that there were different versions of the 50kg Carbonit bomb?
I think the point here is that it's made of plaster and horse hair. Irrespective of which model it may be, why would the body be made of that material? Also the cylinder fin is not fixed to the supporting bars in the typical manner using a riveted 'U' bracket, it is spot welded.
Plaster (and not wood, nor concrete) was the classical material used for dedicated training bombs in the Interwar period, by French, British, etc... - the other way of producing training bomb was to fill regular bomb bodies with wet sand. So the fact that it is in plaster is no surprising.
If you look at photo that Fusse has uploaded, the Carbonit bomb on the right shows also this welding mode of fixating the cylindrical fin on the bars. This would make sense in terms of making the production process easier, cheaper and faster.
If you look at photo that Fusse has uploaded, the Carbonit bomb on the right shows also this welding mode of fixating the cylindrical fin on the bars. This would make sense in terms of making the production process easier, cheaper and faster.
No. The supporting rods are fixed to the shroud with riveted "U" brackets (as noted by BD). The fixings are very clear in the photo shown by Fusse2004.
I have had the pleasure of handling this piece and it is very fragile and lightweight. It is hollow and cast (I believe) in two pieces. It would not have lasted very long as a training item. Surly if you were making bombs in number you would simply have put aside the standard bomb fins for using on a practice or training item rather than having a separate way of manufacture (spot welding).
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