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Unknown bomb WW 1
- Thread starter Antoon
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This is a indeed puzzling bomb - there a real surviving example of this bomb in a Finnish museum under bearing the caption "german bomb 1919"
Though at first look this bomb would seem to have more in common with some Austro-Hungarian bombs than with the German Carbonit, I think, but not fully sure, that this is in fact a 4.5kg Carbonit bomb with a cap at the emplacement of the pocket that allowed the mounting either of a fuze or of a fuze extension:
I have been unable to get more details on this fuze extension or real photos.
Here's another document on this bomb:
Though at first look this bomb would seem to have more in common with some Austro-Hungarian bombs than with the German Carbonit, I think, but not fully sure, that this is in fact a 4.5kg Carbonit bomb with a cap at the emplacement of the pocket that allowed the mounting either of a fuze or of a fuze extension:
I have been unable to get more details on this fuze extension or real photos.
Here's another document on this bomb:
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