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81 mm illuminating bomb M68
Region
France
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Armament Any 81 mm mortar. Development By TDA for French Army. Description The bomb has a cylindrical body with a time fuze in the head, a tailcone with tailboom and fin assembly at the rear. The body contains the customary parachute and flare assembly, ejected through the nose by a spring after the small burster charge has been fired by the time fuze. This charge ignites the flare and removes the fuze and adaptor from the bomb nose. The tail unit contains a primary cartridge and six or eight secondary increments
in horseshoe containers are fitted around the tailboom; six are used in 1.15 m barrels, eight in 1.45 m barrels. Manufacturer TDA .