What bomb is this? Type designation / country

[pzgr40]

Can anybody tell me what bomb this is and where it's from? (What country and era)
Diameter 100mm, length bomb body appr. 290mm, complete lenth (with tail) 410mm.
Lug is simple bended steel plate and welded in place, just like the struts fot the tail that are welded.
The explosives room is a straight cilinder shaped hole down.
What was it's original colour.
What fuze is used on the bomb.

 

[MINENAZ16]

Hi,
Looks like ww1 russian bomb type "Oranovsky"
You can find old posts on these bombs.
(Oranovskogo : Бомба Орановского)
Oranovsky bombs were also used during spanish civil war (1936-39)

Вооружение Эскадры[9]. «Илья Муромец». Гордость русской авиации

military.wikireading.ru

 

[Eggburt1969]

Yes an Oranovsky fragmentation bomb, the model type being an AO-8 (АО-8). Its nose would be green, body and tail would be grey, stencilled markings would be black. An AO-8 for sale is below.

АО-8 Орановского

Продам вот такой редкий, полный макет ранней авиабомбы РККА. Обсуждалась здесь: https://reibert.info/threads/pomogite-opredelit.899472/

reibert.info

 

[pzgr40]

Thanks for the quick awnsers gentleman

 

[peteblight]

If you unscrew the nose does it have two holes on opposite sides of the explosive charge cavity?

 

[MINENAZ16]

Herewith documentation :

 

[no3nh4]

Hello,
Russian Oranovsky bombs exhibited in the Air Force Museum in Madrid (Spain).
V.V. Oranovsky was a Russian artillery captain who designed a set of aviation bombs in 1913. 4 of these bombs were shrapnel (8 to 80 kilos) and 8 bombs loaded with high explosive (4 to 640 kilos)
Greeting

 

[Chris]

Here a drawing DJ

 

[Eggburt1969]

Herewith documentation :

View attachment 191614View attachment 191615

If anyone can get or wants to sell a copy of the source book (Бомбардировочное Вооружение Авиации России 1912-1945 гг..) these pages are from, please let me know. This as I've being tying to get a copy of the book for some time now.

 

[pzgr40]

If you unscrew the nose does it have two holes on opposite sides of the explosive charge cavity?

Yes

 

[peteblight]

This bomb (unless i’m mistaken) was also designated as AOKh-8. It contained an irritant payload of 0.54kg of diphenylchloroarsine mixed in with the fragments.