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M47 Incendiary Bomb
The M47 was a United States Navy (USN) and US Army used WW2-era 100 lb (45.4 kg) class thin-walled incendiary aerial bomb. The M47 was fitted with the M108 or M126 series of nose impact fuzes, a central explosive burster, and filled with a rubber/gasoline-based incendiary mixture. The M47 was painted blue-grey, with one purple band and purple stencilling. The M47 incendiary bomb is thought to have been standardised in 1943 and declared o...
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