Early bomb I’d please

[Rrickoshae]

Good morning, please see the attached photos of an early bomb similar to a Hales or Cooper but of more dumpy construction. There are no markings and a large filling plug at the front. There is no suspension loop so presumably this was hand dropped. It is 7 inches wide at the widest point and 12 inches long from the nose to the point where the broken fuze starts. It appears to have its original olive green paint. Presumably the arms supported a drum fin.
Any suggestions?

many thanks, Dave

 

[Dreamk]

This is a WW1 10kg Austro-Hungarian bomb. Though often designated as being produced by Carbonit, in fact its is more probably a Skoda design.
The tail stabilizer is lacking: you have just its supporting arms remaining attached to the bomb - see drawing here:



Where did you find it?

 

[AKON_]

Hideamk I have a different opinion
it has nothing to do with the 10 kg Škoda bomb ,
fuse Carbonit AG 'in Leverkusen Schlebusch,
body Carbonit AG' in Leverkusen Schlebusch.

Akon

 

[Fusse2004]

Here are some pictures of the 10 kg carbonite bomb

 

[Dreamk]

The pointed nose reinforcing cap present on the regular German Carbonit 10kg (and generally speaking the Carbonit HE bombs), seem to have been consistently absent on the version used by the Austro-Hungarians, as evidenced by Italian documents and surviving examples. This, although the Austro-Hungarian official documentation from 1917 for the "C.B 10" shows this nose cone present on these bombs. Is there an explanation to this?



The full range of Carbonit HE can be seen on this well known photograph from the Museum Industriekultur, with the title: "Bei Brück, Kretschel & Co. in Osnabrück wurden Zeppelinbomben gebaut"

 

[Rrickoshae]

Thank you gentlemen, sorted in no time! Well done. It was brought to a local fair by an old chap recently.

many thanks, Dave

 

[Alan1]

I confess to a considerable weakness for Zeppelin bombs and other related items. Pics show my 50kg Carbonit bomb, part of a bomb fuze, a practice Rankin dart and two Brock AZ darts, one incomplete. And a small piece of Mathy's L31, shot down and crashed at Potters Bar.
The bomb came from a source in London, and I arrived just in time to save it from being scrapped. And it was probably dropped in London, for there is evidence of a (probably brass) plate wch would have recorded the date and location of retrieval. Sadly. this important information has been lost, but at least the bomb is safe.
The fuze came, surprisingly, from a junk shop in Southampton. Even more surprisingly, they knew what it was. It was mounted, clumsily, on a block of wood, presumably to facilitate display on mantelpiece or sideboard. I have no idea where it came from originally. I can find no trace of Southampton being raided, but Portsmouth and the Dockyard was visited, probably on reconnaissance, by the indomitable Kapitanleutnant Heinrich Mathy, one of the most successful and skilful of the airship commanders, in L31 on 26 September 1916. No bombs are recorded a falling on Portsmouth. Mathy's end came a few days later in the raid of 1 October 1916, when L31 was attacked and shot down in flames by 2Lt W J Tempest. This small piece of wreckage was retrieved from the crash site a few days later.
The Rankin dartis of wood with a solid cast iron tip and is presmably a practice example, and the Brock incendiary darts - not at all common in my experience - are marked C T Brock SBZD and Patt B&F 1915. They all predate the development of the successful incendiary and explosive bullets that finally addressed the threat posed by the German Army and Navy airships.
Alan1.