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M47 Chemical Bomb
The M47 was a United States Navy (USN) and US Army used WW2-era 100 lb (45.4 kg) class thin-walled chemical agent aerial bomb. The M47 was fitted with the M108 nose impact fuze, a central explosive burster, and filled with Levinstein mustard ('H') blister agent. The M47 was painted blue-grey, with two green bands and green stencilling. The M47 chemical bomb is thought to have been standardised in 1940 and declared obsolete due to leakage...
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