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500-lb, Mk IV, V and VI (Service) |
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| TNT, | |||
| Body and Overall Weight | |||
| of a hollow steel casting, 470 lb. | |||
| Color | |||
| Dark green overall, red band, light green band, white line | |||
| Type of Round, DODIC | |||
| Mk V, VI, NA |
| Description: |
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| Mk IV- The body consist of a hollow steel casting open at each end. The nose end is internally threaded to house an exploder container, which is locked in position by a locking screw. The tail end is shaped to take the tail cone and is provided with four equally spaced slot to locate the spring clips on the tail. A male base plate threads into the after end of the body and has two threaded holes to receive the transit base bolts. Mk V-This bomb is externally the same as the Mk IV, but has a central exploder tube instead is in the tail only, and the nose is closed by a nose plug which has a cross cut in the end, instead of a ring as in the Bombs Mk IV. |
| Use: |
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| Mk IV- The body consist of a hollow steel casting open at each end. |
| Functioning: |
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| The 500-lb. Tail No. 2 Mk I differs from the 250-lb. Tail No. 2 Mk I only in the weight and dimensions. The tail assembly consists of a tail cone with a cylindrical tail strut attached to it by fours fins. It is attached to the bomb body by four spring clips. The 500-lb. Tail Assembly No. 26 Mk I is similar to the 500-lb. Tail No. 2 Mk I, differing mainly in weight and dimensions. It is used on the 500-lb. G.P. Bombs Mk IV or Mk V when carried externally on fight speed fighter aircraft, or internally on fighter bombers of the Mosquito type. The tail and fins are shorter, and it has a two-bladed arming vane instead of the four-bladed arming vane used on the Tail No.2 Mk I. |
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| Data Source: |
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| OP 1665 Explosive Ordnance British 1946 |
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