Types of HE Bombs Flashcards
Name the HE subcategories
General Purpose Medium Capacity Deep Pentrating High Capacity Armour Piercing Semi AP Fragmentation Anti submarine
Characteristics of GP
Moderately thick
CW 33-60%
Blast, frag, earth shock
general bombardment
Characteristics of MC
Moderate thickness
C/W 50%
Blast, frag, earth shock
General targets
Characteristics of DP
Thick with solid nose
C/W 50%
Earthquake
Penetrates reinforced concrete
Characteristics of HC
Very thin
C/W 75-80%
Blast
Used where max blast effect is required
Characteristics of AP
Thick with solid nose
C/W 11-20%
Penetration and fragmentation
Penetrates heavily armoured targets
Characteristics of SAP
Reasonae thick case
C/W 20-30%
Penetration and fragmentation
Used against light armour.
Characteristics of Fragmentation bombs
Thick, may have prescored frag.
C/W 20%
Max fragmentation
Used against soft skinned targets
Characteristics of AS bomb
Thin walled with flat nose
C/W 60-75%
Blast with minor fragmentation
For underwater targets