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Figure 18.—German Phosphorus-Oil Bomb (Ph.I.B.)

C 250 A" stencilled in black on the side of the bomb casing remote from the fuze.

Phosphorus ignites spontaneously in contact with the air and care must be taken to avoid it. Do not touch the bomb, or any ground or equipment splashed with the filling. No smoking and no naked light should be allowed near these bombs as their contents are liable to give off vapour forming an explosive mixture with the air.

Figure 19.—Phosphoprus-Oil Bomb—Rear end of 50 kg.

Firepot Incendiary Bomb (Firepot I.B.)

The firepot bomb combines H.E. and incendiary elements in a casing of the same size and shape as a 50 kg. H.E. bomb (Figure 20A). On impact after the base-plug has been blown off six pre-ignited firepots

Figure 20A.—Firepot Incendiary Bomb