Name: 60 mm smoke bomb RP-S Mk1/RP-S Mk2
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Austria

<h2>Armament</h2><p>All usual 60 mm mortars.</p><h2>Development</h2><p>By Hirtenberger AG, to provide a smoke bomb of longer duration for general use.</p><h2>Description</h2><p>A cast-iron bomb with a long cylindrical body and an extruded aluminium tail unit with six fins screwed into the rear. The body is filled with Red Phosphorus (RP) and has a small burster container in the forward end filled with a bursting charge. An impact fuze is used, detonating the burster so as to split open the bomb and distribute the red phosphorus around the impact point, where it inflames and generates smoke. The propelling charge consists of a shotgun type primary cartridge and four horseshoe secondary charges, that clip around the tailboom ahead of the fins. Specifications (RP-S Mk2 in parentheses) Length, unfuzed: 470 mm Weight, unfuzed: 2.3 kg (2.4 kg) Weight and type of payload: 500 g RP Number of charges: P + 4, 640 mm barrel; (P + 5, 1,000 mm barrel) Fuze: impact SQ Max range: 1,995 m, in 640 mm barrel; 2,495 m, in 1,000 mm barrel; (3.475 mm, 1,000 mm barrel) Muzzle velocity: (250 m/s 1,000 mm barrel) Chamber pressure: 450 bar (<540 bar P + 5) Burning time: 120 s</p><h2>Manufacturer</h2><p>Hirtenberger AG.</p>

A cast-iron bomb with a long cylindrical body and an extruded aluminium tail unit with six fins screwed into the rear. The body is filled with Red Phosphorus (RP) and has a small burster container in the forward end filled with a bursting charge.

An impact fuze is used, detonating the burster so as to split open the bomb and distribute the red phosphorus around the impact point, where it inflames and generates smoke. The propelling charge consists of a shotgun type primary cartridge and four horseshoe secondary charges, that clip around the tailboom ahead of the fins. (RP-S Mk2 in parentheses) Length, unfuzed: 470 mm Weight, unfuzed: 2.3 kg (2.4 kg) Weight and type of payload: 500 g RP Number of charges: P + 4, 640 mm barrel; (P + 5, 1,000 mm barrel) Fuze: impact SQ Max range: 1,995 m, in 640 mm barrel; 2,495 m, in 1,000 mm barrel; (3.475 mm, 1,000 mm barrel) Muzzle velocity: (250 m/s 1,000 mm barrel) Chamber pressure: 450 bar (<540 bar P + 5) Burning time: 120 s. By Hirtenberger AG, to provide a smoke bomb of longer duration for general use. Compatible platforms include all usual 60 mm mortars.

60 mm smoke bomb RP-S Mk1/RP-S Mk2

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