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81 mm illuminating and signal bombs (red and green)
Region
Pakistan
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Armament All smoothbore 81 mm mortars. Development By Pakistan Ordnance Factories. Description This is a cylindrical bomb that is manufactured in three variants: a parachute illuminating bomb, a red signal bomb and a green signal bomb. The basic design is a seamless tubular canister attached to a tail unit with 10 fins that carries the primary cartridge. At the bomb's base is a chamber containing a fixed time delay unit that is ignited by the propellant flash. There are three horseshoe shaped supplemental
incremental charges arranged around the tail boom. After the delay unit burns through, it ignites an expelling charge in the base of the body, which in turn ignites the pyrotechnic payload and ejects it, blowing off the body's front cap to permit exit. The illuminating bomb contains a flare with a 1 m nylon parachute linked to the flare by a zinc/cadmium/chromium plated steel wire, which retards the flare's descent. The smoke unit of the signal bombs is thrown clear of the bomb and falls free with the duration of fall being sufficient for signaling purposes. Manufacturer Pakistan Ordnance Factories