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52 mm illuminating bomb, Type 1
Region
Israel
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Armament Israeli 52 mm Soltam mortars; ex-British 2 in mortars. Development By Israel Military Industries ( IMI ) based upon the British 2 in mortar bomb. Description The body of the bomb resembles others in this family, a steel tube with a cast fin assembly and a simple flat nose cover. The interior carries a flare canister attached to a parachute. A pyrotechnic delay runs from the cartridge container to the interior of the bomb, where it ignites a small expelling charge. This charge lights the flare composition
and then blows the complete unit through the nose of the bomb, after which the parachute deploys and the flare descends. Manufacturer Israel Military Industries ( IMI ).