| Type | Weight (lbs.) | Dimensions | Main Colour | Fuzes | Notes | |||||||
| Overall length with tail |
Bomb body | Width of tail | ||||||||||
| Length | Diameter | |||||||||||
| ft. | in. | ft. | in. | ft. | in. | ft. | in. | |||||
| G.P. (General Purpose) |
100 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | Dark green or yellow | Nose and tail | |||
| 250 | 3 | 9½ | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 500 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| 1,000 | 5 | 7½ | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1½ | ||||
| 2,000 | 7 | 6½ | 5 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 7½ | ||||
| 4000 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 11½ | ||||
| S.A.P (Semi Armour Piercing) |
500 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | " | Tail only | |
| 1,000 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 9½ | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8½ | ||||
| Depth Bomb | 325 | 4 | 4½ | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | " | Nose only | |
| 650 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Fragmentation (Anti-Personnel) |
20 | 1 | 7½ | 11 | 3½ | 5 | " | Nose only | The 23 lb, Fragmentation bomb is fitted with a parachute. | |||
| 23 | 2 | 3 | 11½ | 3½ | parachute | |||||||
| 30 | 2 | 1½ | 13 | 4¼ | 6½ | |||||||
| Incendiary | 4 | 1 | 9¾ | 13½ | 1¾ | 1¾″ (hex) | Blue grey or unpainted with purple band | Tail only | Similar to British 4lb. incendiary. May have explosive charge. | |||
| 100 | 3 | 9½ | 2 | 10 | 8 | 11 | Grey with red disc 4 in. diameter on body | Nose only | Filled liquid fuel and phosphorus | |||
| Parachute Flares | — | 3 | 1 | — | 8 | — | Blue grey | Pull igniter | ||||
| — | 3 | 11 | — | 8½ | — | Nose Fuze | ||||||
| Photographic Flash-bomb |
23 | 2 | 1½ | — | 4½ | — | Blue grey with "PHOTOFLASH" stencilled on | Pull igniter | ||||
| 50 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 11 | Nose Fuze | |||||
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