Big Sky Modeler
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Anyone know what type of bomb this is? I was guessing a MMN 100kg bomb? The photo is of a French Voisin XIII airplane in June 1917. Any idea of the colors used? 
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Identification of French WWI bomb
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No - probably a 50kg GA - the different coloration of the front part of he bomb body seems to indicate a 2 parts construction which is incompatible with the simiolar sized (and more frequent by 1917) 50kg DT bomb but characteristic of the GA (Gros Andreau) anilite bombs (overall height 1200mm)
Here is a photograph of a 50kg GAMMN - a former 200mm 50kg GA bdy filled with MMN:
By 1917 most GA body bombs were indeed filled with MMN but and rear fuzed.
The picture seems to show a bomb with a GA activation key
So 50kg Gros Andreau ?
Colors - good question without a straight answer. While Yellow was already the color for high explosive French projectiles, most of ww1 bombs seems to have been left natural metal, with various levels of corrosion due to exposure to weather. On the other hand we know that form 1918 to the early 1930s some French bombs (if not all ) were painted in gray-green in accordance to a 1918 regulation.
Here is a photograph of a 50kg GAMMN - a former 200mm 50kg GA bdy filled with MMN:
By 1917 most GA body bombs were indeed filled with MMN but and rear fuzed.
The picture seems to show a bomb with a GA activation key
So 50kg Gros Andreau ?
Colors - good question without a straight answer. While Yellow was already the color for high explosive French projectiles, most of ww1 bombs seems to have been left natural metal, with various levels of corrosion due to exposure to weather. On the other hand we know that form 1918 to the early 1930s some French bombs (if not all ) were painted in gray-green in accordance to a 1918 regulation.