SCHLACHTFLIEGER!, pages 171, 172, 173. P.u.W Bombs. German Giants, G.W.

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d Peter M.Grosz, page 66.
12.5 kg. Normal fragmentation bombs, painted grey, 750mmx 90mm.
12.5 kg. Attack fragmentation bombs, painted yellow, 750mm x 90mm.
12.5 kg. Night fragmentation bombs , painted white, 750mm x 90mm.
12.5 kg Incendiary bomb, painted black, 850mm x 140mm.
the Attack fragmentation bomb had greater incidence in the tail fins to cause th
e bomb to spin at a higher rate, giving the bomb greater pentration. Also with t
he high spin rate the bomb was armed faster, which allowed the bomb to be droppe
d at lower altitudes.
the Night bomb had a light built in to the tail of the bomb which permited the o
bserver to track the bomb to the target.
50 kg. High explosive bombs, painted light blue, 1700mm x 180mm.
All of the above bombs had a single brass pointed nose fuse.
100 kg. High explosive bomb, painted light blue, 1900mm x 250mm.
300 kg. High explosive bomb, painted light blue, 365mm x 2750mm.
1000 kg. high explovise bomb, painted light blue, 550mm x 4005mm.
All of the above bombs have two fuses, the brass pointed nose fuse and a rear af
ter body fuse.
All the fuses were secured with an arming pin with a loop at the top, which was
at the top of the fuse the arming pin was secured to the bomb rack frame with a
piece of wire and fastened to the arming wire loop. When the bomb was dropped th
e fall extracted the arming wire, as the bomb fell the fins induced the bomb to
spin, and after a fixed number of rotations the fuse was armed.
These bombs were carried in racks under the wings or fuselage.
Polish book (which includes original drawings of the PuW bombs cutouts from the
original instructions,) gives three colours:
light grey for normal bombs,
white for night,
and yellow for attack bombs.
Incendiary bombs were black.