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82 mm illuminating bomb Type 53
Region
China
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Armament All 82 mm mortars. Development Chinese ordnance authorities. Description This is a cylindrical bomb, with tapering tailcone, tailboom and fin unit. A primary cartridge is inserted into the tailboom and up to three secondary increments, in cloth-covered split rings, fit around the boom. There is an expelling charge beneath the fuze, and beneath this is the flare unit; the parachute occupies the tailcone of the bomb. The time fuze ignited the expelling charge which blows the tubular section of the bomb away
from the tailcone. This causes the parachute to deploy, pulling the burning flare canister from the body section. Manufacturer China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO).