15 kg blind bomb. 39


15 kg blind bomb. 39 - Polish exercise bomb weighing 15 kg constructed around 1939. The bomb was manufactured by the Ludwigs Hut, which received an order in the beginning of 1939 for 10,000 bombs. Of this 3000 were to be delivered by 1 June 1939, and the remainder until 1 December of the same year.

39 had a drip body made of pig iron. The dimensions and shape of the bomb's body were identical to that of the bomb. 33. The four-leaf bush was attached to the body. A canal 25 mm in diameter was running along the axle of the bomb. To the side of the bomb head was screwed into it, from the side of the bolt plug. The bomb was armed with a shock absorber behind which was a charge of black powder. At the height of the bomb's center of gravity, a hanger was used to hang the bomb under the bomb handle. At the time of the collapse, the dust explosion caused a cloud of smoke to allow the observation of a fall from a height of up to 4000 m. Bibliography

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