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ID project 10 - Bomb edition

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A few bombs. As I'm on the road I'm pretty much limited to internet research and its not working too well so far -

Bomb 1 - it looked to me like some of the Spanish ones seen in Iraq, but I thought that they had screw-in lugs. Approx 27.5 x 145cm
Bomb 2 - Polish... 21 x 104cm
Bomb 3 - 27.5 x 107cm
Bomb 4 - 31 x 217cm
Bomb 5 - Similar to an M117, but I have a smaller diameter and different nose and base. 32 x 116cm
Bomb 6 - 22 x 105cm
 

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Bomb 3: FAB-100 SV
First produced in 1932 then modified in 1934-35-36 - the photograph is more compatible with these late models with reinforced ogiva
Diameter 280mm Length without fuze: 1034 to 1050mm
designated R-100 by the Spanish Republicans

Bomb 4: FAB-250
First produced in 1929, modified in 1931-32-33 - the photograph is more compatible with a 1932 or 1933 model, with 2 collars of suspension
Diameter 318-323 mm Length 2163-2173 mm without fuze
designated R-250 by the Spanish Republicans

Photo 4b - Vaaraton means "safe, without danger" in Finnish, I understand that this means that the bomb was defuzed in 1985

Very nice photographs.
 
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