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60 mm smoke bomb Mk 61
Region
France
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Armament TDA 60 mm mortars and gun-mortars. Development By TDA for its 60 mm mortar range. Description The Smoke Bomb Mk 61 is the same size, shape and weight as the HE bomb Mk 61 and has a matching ballistic performance. A burster container filled with 8 g of Tetryl is screwed into the nose of the bomb and accepts an impact fuze. The cavity of the bomb body is filled with titanium tetrachloride (FM), a volatile liquid which, when dispersed by the explosion of the burster charge, combines with atmospheric moisture
to form dense white smoke. Alternatively the bomb may be filled with White Phosphorus (WP). Manufacturer TDA .