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120 mm illuminating bomb
Region
India
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Armament Any 120 mm smoothbore mortar. Development By Indian Ordnance Factories organisation to provide a suitable illuminating bomb for Indian Army use. Description This illuminating bomb outwardly resembles the 120 mm HE mortar bomb (see previous entry), but the body carries a flare and parachute unit. A mechanical time fuze, which appears to be based on the British No 199, is mounted in the nose. When this fuze functions, ideally at an optimum height of 700 m, the flare and parachute are ejected to create a
light output sufficient to illuminate a ground area over 1,200 m in diameter. The propelling charge consists of a primary cartridge in the tail unit, plus seven secondaries in horseshoe containers clipped around the tailboom. Manufacturer Indian Ordnance Factory.