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107 mm tactical CS bomb M630
Region
United States
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Armament US M2 and M30 107 mm mortars. Development By US Ordnance Department to replace earlier design. Description This uses a similar body assembly to the illuminating bombs described previously, but carries four canisters of CS irritant agent. The nose of the bomb is threaded for a time fuze, below which is an expelling charge of black powder. The baseplate of the body is secured by four shearing pins, and the canisters have a central hole passing through them. When the expelling charge is ignited the flash
passes down this central tube and lights the contents of the canisters. The pressure of the charge pushes down on the canisters and therefore shears the baseplate pins, allowing the base to fall away and the burning canisters to be ejected. Manufacturer US government contractors.