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Type 3 100 kg GP HE Bomb

Bomb  
Japan

The Type 3 is a World War Two (WW2)-era, Japanese Army, 100 kg-class, general-purpose (GP) high explosive (HE) aerial bomb. Construction The Type 3 has a truncated ogival cast steel nosepiece, a tubular-steel body, and a steel tail fin assembly. The nose is welded to the body, whilst the tail assembly is welded to a collar that is screwed into end of the body. Present in the nosepiece is an internally-threaded fuze well, into which va...

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