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81MM ILLUMINATING, SIGNAL RED & GREEN)
CANNISTER DESIGN BUILT IN
FIXED DELAY (NO FUZE)..

81MM ILLUMINATING, SIGNAL RED & GREEN)
These bombs are used with 81 mm mortar, and are available in three types i.e. illuminating bombs provide illumination during night missions, while red & green bombs are used for signaling. Illuminating rounds are assembled with nylon parachute of 1,000 mm diameter linked with a star, through a zinc/cadmium/chromium plated steel wire.
Specifications:

COMPLETE ROUND
Weight 2.5 kg
Length   318 mm

PROJECTILE
Body material  

Seamless steel tube
Filler:
Illuminating   
Signal Red   
Signal Green   

Composition RDF 590
Composition SR 406
Composition SR 429 AM
Color:
Illuminating    
White with a p mark on lid.
Signal Red White with a + mark on lid.
Signal Green   White with a triangle mark on lid.

OTHER COMPONENTS
Primary cartridge   Double base propellant GB Pa
  0.15x1x1 in rolled paper tubes
  weighing 8.2 gm.
Augmenting charge   3 horseshoe type charges containing
  double base prop. GB Pa
   0.25x2.5x2.5 each weighing 10.50
   gm. For illuminating and one
   horseshoe type charge weighing 10
   gm for signal red and green. 
Tail Unit   10 aluminium alloy fins

PERFORMANCE
Illuminating       Average delay time of ejection of
star 15 ± 1.5 sec. Average time of
burning of star 50 ± 8 sec.
Signal Red & Green Average delay time of ejection of
star 6 ± 1 sec. Average time of
burning of star 10 ± 2 sec.   
 
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