Smoke 100-lb. Mks I and II (Service)
No Image Available Filler and Weight
NA,
Body and Overall Weight
NA, 92-96 lb.
Color
Dark green with red band around lower part of body
Type of Round, DODIC
Smoke, NA
Description:
The bomb consists of a thin tin-plate can of square cross-section, to one face of which are soldered two corrugated stiffeners, which, serve to increase the strength of the can and also act as distance pieces between the can and the drop bar of the 250-lb. Small Bomb Container. A buster container, to take the fuze No. 854 Mk 1 and its buster, and an offset filling hole are provided in the top of the can, together with a large circular distance piece. The buster container is closed, during transit and storage, by a rolledthread tin-plate, transit plug. The filling hole is permanently sealed by a rolled-thread filling-hole cap, seating: on a sealing disc. This cap must in no circumstances be unscrewed from the bomb; and, as it is fitted with a short Tommy bar, it may be readily distinguished from the transit plug. Three handles for lifting the bomb are provided, and at two diagonally opposite corners of the can are soldered metal loops for the attachment of a fabric tail, which acts as a stabilizer to the bomb.
Use:
There are at present in service use only four smoke bombs, exclusive of those bombs containing smoke spotting charges. These are the 4-, 1O0-, 120-, and 500-lb. smoke bombs. The bombs are used to lay smoke screens to conceal troop movements.
Functioning:
On impact of the fused bomb with its target, the "allways" action fuse functions instantaneously. The explosion of its buster disrupts the bomb and scatters the white phosphorus filling, which, on contact with the air, ignites spontaneously and begins to give oft smoke.
Munition Components:
  • Fuze Tail Fuse No. 854 Mk T
  • Fuze Tail Fuse No. 854 Mk T
  • Fuze Tail Fuse No. 854 Mk T
Data Source:
OP 1665 Explosive Ordnance British
Munitions Tech Data Sheet:
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