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The bombs are painted olive drab and have a yellow band 76-MM wide around the nose and tail or around the nose only. The bomb body is steel. The charging well plug and the nose and tail closure plugs are steel or plastic. The external thermal protection covering on the bombs is a copolymer elastomer thermosetting compound. Externally thermally protected bombs have an alligator skin covering, and are designed primarily for shipboard use. Internally thermally protected bombs are marked as such.
*H6 - H-6 is a binary explosive that is a castable mixture of RDX, TNT, powdered aluminum, and D-2 wax with calcium chloride.
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