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M65 81 mm long-range smoke bomb
Region
Israel
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Armament All 81 mm smoothbore mortars. Development By Soltam to provide a long-range smoke bomb matching the existing long-range HE bomb. Description A more modern and slender design than the standard smoke bomb. This uses a plastic obturating ring behind the bourrelet and has an extruded aluminium tailboom around which eight secondary increments can be clipped. A short burster tube fits into the head of the bomb and carries a burster charge. The cavity of the bomb body is filled with White Phosphorus (WP) which
is liberated when the burster explodes and breaks the bomb body. The WP then inflames spontaneously on contact with the air, creating a dense white smoke cloud with incendiary effects. Manufacturer Soltam Ltd.