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mechanisms ,
just lik e lar ;e-size bombs .
They had a contact similar
to t:e e l ectrica l f uses att ac h ed to the sides of bo b s , which was
c on ne c t e d vri t h a l oa di no pl u .
Th e A i 70 ,
A B 250 , an d A B 500 a er l a l d e li very con t a in er s f o r
sma ll b om bs con s i s ted o f two t in cu ps th a t u ere a ttac h ed t o on e
3no th er b y a h i n e a t th e con tr ol er .
d s o tha t th ey e culd be cl osed
in to a sh ap e cor respon din to tr . a t o f a h i h -explo s i v e b om b . D u r i n
• t h e pr e y a r a t o r y s t a e a t t he l oa di n ; i ns t a l l a t i on t h e s z a l l bombs
Jre r e pa c k ed i n l a y er s i n t he l o ,ṟer c up , •,whe r u pon t he t op cup wa s
closed and bolted .
After crossin the drop distance , u iich depended
on the type of attack l aunc hed ,
the bolt was rer oved ,
the cups catae
apart , aṇ d the contents of the cor _
tainer could drop freely on the tar et .
The AB 1000 cou ld b e opsned in
four distinct phases if the bo:ibs
were to be distributed over a relatively lon ; distance .
i
P • 2ore recent delivery contair:ers had clo ch directional devices
i ns e a d o f c ont r o l :ne ch a n i s us i n or de r t o u: , e up l e s s s pa c e or
offer less resistance to air .
Althou h delivery containers could b e used for any
t ,
ype of
acununition , a standardization of fillers tivas introduced for lo istica l
reasons .
Th e co nposition of these fillers could be seen on Tables
1 and 7 •
Even so every aircra ft , w L ether it was equipped to drop
s ma l l or l ar ; e bor b s , yra s c a pa bl e o f i a t t ac ki n a ny i v e n
t a rg e t - .
i t h e l e c t r on , s c a t t e r , o r f r a raen t a t i on bo Llbs t ha t pr o duc e d
various sizes of fra men ts .
J' n er e a s t he de l i v e r y c ont a i ne r s we r e r ea l l y i .
r, pr o vi s a t i ons
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