51 mm illumination bomb

Armament UK Pattern 51 mm mortar Development By Indian Ordnance Factory Board, indigenous design. Description The illumination bomb is of conventional design with a tubular steel body, closed at the nose by a hemispherical steel cap and at the tail by a light-alloy fin unit. There is no conventional explosive fuze. Upon firing, a delay is ignited which after a short time ignites the ejecting charge, thereby blowing off the nose cap and ejecting the flare and parachute assembly. The delay is timed to eject the