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RCAF practice bomb ?

Gspragge

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A friend picked this up today, does any one know what it is exactly ?
 

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Looks like an early version of a SUS (Signal Underwater Sound).

cheers
Bob
 
Agreed. There are about a hundred variations over the years. The newer ones (US) are typically blue plastic with a lead sleeve on the nose. Some of these devices containedexplosive charges, some not. There are a couple of threads on them. One was a thread of Gordon's, with a variant that had a slightly different appearance.
http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/70890-all-a-bit-SUS?highlight=signal+underwater
http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/57991-Air-to-air-submunition?highlight=signal+underwater


http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/86303-Picked-up-this-today?highlight=signal+underwater
 
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Don't know. I'm pretty sure that I have the same piece, but without powder.

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The explosive ones sometimes have something like plaster of paris in the tail, not sure for what purpose.
 
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