Types of HE Bombs Flashcards

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Name the HE subcategories

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General Purpose
Medium Capacity 
Deep Pentrating
High Capacity 
Armour Piercing
Semi AP
Fragmentation
Anti submarine
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Characteristics of GP

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Moderately thick
CW 33-60%
Blast, frag, earth shock
general bombardment

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Characteristics of MC

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Moderate thickness
C/W 50%
Blast, frag, earth shock
General targets

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Characteristics of DP

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Thick with solid nose
C/W 50%
Earthquake
Penetrates reinforced concrete

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Characteristics of HC

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Very thin
C/W 75-80%
Blast
Used where max blast effect is required

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Characteristics of AP

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Thick with solid nose
C/W 11-20%
Penetration and fragmentation
Penetrates heavily armoured targets

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Characteristics of SAP

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Reasonae thick case
C/W 20-30%
Penetration and fragmentation
Used against light armour.

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Characteristics of Fragmentation bombs

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Thick, may have prescored frag.
C/W 20%
Max fragmentation
Used against soft skinned targets

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Characteristics of AS bomb

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Thin walled with flat nose
C/W 60-75%
Blast with minor fragmentation
For underwater targets

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