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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
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[[File:GAMMn50_Sideview.jpg|420px|thumb|left|Side view of a '''{{PAGENAME}}''' bomb.]]
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[[File:GAMMn50_Sideview.jpg|520px|thumb|left|Side view of a {{PAGENAME}} bomb.]]
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The {{PAGENAME}} is a 50 kg bomb which was constructed out of welded rolled sheet steel; it has either a longitudinal or a circumferential weld<ref>[http://bulletpicker.com/pdf/OP%201668,%20Italian%20and%20French%20Explosive%20Ordnance.pdf OP 1668 - U.S. Naval and Systems Ordnance Command - Italian and French Explosive Ordnance, June 1946, p. 184]</ref>. The overall colour of the bomb is yellow and typically had the type of explosive filling and words "F de Culot" (F of Base or Fuse in Base) painted on the bomb casing.
 
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[[File:BombImage_50kgA_GP-HE.jpg|175px|thumb|right|Pictured is the 50 kg A GP-HE bomb, sister to the '''{{PAGENAME}}''' bomb. Both were general purpose/anti-personnel bombs]]
 
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!colspan = "4"|Data for {{PAGENAME}} bomb
 
!colspan = "4"|Data for {{PAGENAME}} bomb
 
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| Overall Length
 
| Overall Length
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| 103 cm
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| 93.6 cm
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| 40.6 in
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| 36.9 in
 
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| Body Diameter
 
| Body Diameter
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| 20.0 cm
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| 21.9 cm
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| 7.9 in
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| 8.6 in
 
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| Filling Weight
 
| Filling Weight
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| 28.5 kg
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| 29 kg
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| 62.8 lb
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| 64 lb
 
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| Total Weight
 
| Total Weight
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| 50.8 kg
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| 53 kg
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| 112 lb
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| 117 lb
 
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! colspan = "3"|
 
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| Explosive Filling
 
| Explosive Filling
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| colspan="2;" style="text-align:center;" | TNT
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| colspan="2;" style="text-align:center;" | M.Mn
 
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| Type Bomb
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| Bomb Type
 
| colspan="2;" style="text-align:center;" | High Explosive
 
| colspan="2;" style="text-align:center;" | High Explosive
 
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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a 50 kg bomb which was constructed out of welded rolled sheet steel; it has either a longitudinal or a circumferential weld.<ref name="IaFEO"></ref> The overall colour of the bomb is yellow and typically had the type of explosive filling and words "F de Culot" (F of Base or Fuse in Base) painted on the bomb casing.
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=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
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=== Vehicles which can equip the {{PAGENAME}} ===
 
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! Total Number
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!colspan = "1"| Total weight kg
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! Total weight kg
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!colspan = "1"| Total weight lb
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! Total weight lb
 
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| [[F.222.2]]
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| {{Specs-Link|f_222_2}}
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 52
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 52
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 2,600 kg
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 2,600 kg
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 5,732 lb
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 5,732 lb
 
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| [[N.C.223.3]]
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| {{Specs-Link|nc_223_3}}
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 52
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 52
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 2,600 kg
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 2,600 kg
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 5,732 lb
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 5,732 lb
 
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| [[V-156-F]]
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| {{Specs-Link|v_156_f}}
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 2
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 2
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 100 kg
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 100 kg
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|style="text-align:right;"| 220.5 lb  
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|style="text-align:right;"| 220.5 lb
 
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| [[Potez_633|Potez 633]]
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| {{Specs-Link|potez_633}}
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 8
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 8
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 400 kg
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 400 kg
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 882 lb
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 882 lb
 
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| [[M.B.174A-3]]
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| {{Specs-Link|mb_174_a3}}
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 8
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 8
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 400 kg
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 400 kg
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 882 lb
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 882 lb
 
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| [[LeO_451_early|LeO 451 /early]]
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| {{Specs-Link|leo_451_early}}
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 16
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 16
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 800 kg
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 800 kg
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 1,764 lb
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 1,764 lb
 
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| [[LeO_451_late|LeO 451 /late]]
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| {{Specs-Link|leo_451_late}}
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 16
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 16
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 800 kg
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 800 kg
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 1,764 lb
 
|style="text-align:right;"| 1,764 lb
 
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| {{Specs-Link|br_693_ab2}}
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|style="text-align:right;"| 8
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|style="text-align:right;"| 400 kg
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|style="text-align:right;"| 882 lb
 
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== General info ==
 
== General info ==
 
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=== Effective damage ===
 
=== Effective damage ===
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The {{PAGENAME}} is filled with Mélinite-Mononitro-nitronaphtaline (M.Mn)<ref>[http://bulletpicker.com/pdf/FSTC%20381-5042,%20Handbook%20of%20Foreign%20Explosives.pdf#page= FTC 381-5042 Handbook of Foreign Explosives - U.S. Army Foreign Science and Technology Center, October 1965, p. 226]</ref> or Trimonite (70% Melinite - Picric Acid and 30% Mononitionapthalene). These are typically general purpose/anti-personnel bombs with a Picric acid burster<ref>[http://bulletpicker.com/pdf/FSTC%20381-5042,%20Handbook%20of%20Foreign%20Explosives.pdf#page= FTC 381-5042 Handbook of Foreign Explosives - U.S. Army Foreign Science and Technology Center, October 1965, p. 120]</ref> charge. In-game, the explosive has been simplified to Trinitrotoluene (TnT - C<sub>7</sub>H<sub>5</sub>N<sub>3</sub>O<sub>6</sub>) which is chemically very similar to Mélinite (C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>3</sub>N<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7)</sub> and Mononitro-nitroaphtaline (C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>7</sub>NO<sub>2</sub>).
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[[File:BombBlastImage_2.5m-77m.jpg|300px|thumb|right|{{PAGENAME}} bomb blast radius image over a [[T-50]]. The small red circle represents the radius of destruction of armored vehicle, while the larger dark red circle represents radius of fragment dispersion.]]
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The {{PAGENAME}} is filled with Mélinite-Mononitro-nitronaphtaline (M.Mn) or Trimonite (70% Melinite - Picric Acid and 30% Mononitionapthalene).<ref name="HoFE"></ref> These are typically general purpose/anti-personnel bombs with a Picric acid burster charge.<ref name=HoFE></ref> Mélinite (C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>3</sub>N<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7)</sub> is chemically similar to Trinitrotoluene (TnT - C<sub>7</sub>H<sub>5</sub>N<sub>3</sub>O<sub>6</sub>) and Mononitro-nitroaphtaline (C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>7</sub>NO<sub>2</sub>).
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| Max armor penetration high explosive action
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| Max armour penetration high explosive action
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| 82 mm
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| 66 mm
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| 3.2 in
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| 2.6 in
 
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| Radius of destruction of armored vehicle
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| 2.4 m
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| 2 m
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| 8 ft
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| 6.56 ft
 
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|Radius of fragment dispersion
 
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| 77.1 m
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| 75 m
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| 253 ft
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| 246 ft
 
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=== Comparison with analogues ===
 
=== Comparison with analogues ===
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| [[AN-M30A1_(100_lb)|AN-M30A1]]
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| 100 lb
 
| 100 lb
 
| 24.5 kg
 
| 24.5 kg
 
| Amatol
 
| Amatol
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|style="text-align:right;"| 79 mm
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| 65 mm
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|style="text-align:right;"| 2.1 m
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| 2 m
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|style="text-align:right;"| 67.3 m
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| 67 m
 
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| [[FAB-50_(50_kg)|FAB-50]]
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| 64 kg
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| 49 kg
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| 24 kg
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| 26.35 kg
 
| TNT
 
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|style="text-align:right;"| 79 mm
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| 65 mm
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|style="text-align:right;"| 2.1 m
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| 2 m
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|style="text-align:right;"| 68.6 m
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| 73 m
 
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| 50 kg
 
| 50 kg
 
| 25 kg
 
| 25 kg
 
| Fp.60/40
 
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|style="text-align:right;"| 80 mm
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|style="text-align:right;"| 2.1 m
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| 2 m
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|style="text-align:right;"| 70.1 m
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| 70 m
 
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| ▅
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| [[Navy_Type_97_Number_6_(60_kg)|Type 97 Number 6]]
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| [[Navy Type 97 Number 6 (60 kg)|Type 97 Number 6]]
 
| 60 kg
 
| 60 kg
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| 23 kg
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| 25.3 kg
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| TNT
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| Shimose
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|style="text-align:right;"| 78 mm
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| 65 mm
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|style="text-align:right;"| 2.1 m
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| 2 m
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|style="text-align:right;"| 67 m
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| 69 m
 
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| 50 kg
 
| 50 kg
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| 19.6 kg
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| 25.09 kg
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| TNT
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| Type 97
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|style="text-align:right;"| 74 mm
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| 65 mm
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|style="text-align:right;"| 1.8 m
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| 2 m
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|style="text-align:right;"| 62.5 m
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| 70 m
 
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| 58 kg
 
| 58 kg
 
| 25 kg
 
| 25 kg
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| TNT
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|style="text-align:right;"| 80 mm
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| 65 mm
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|style="text-align:right;"| 2.1 m
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| 2 m
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|style="text-align:right;"| 70.1 m
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| 70 m
 
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| [[D.T._No.2_(50_kg)|D.T. No.2]]
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| [[D.T. No.2 (50 kg)|D.T. No.2]]
 
| 55.7 kg
 
| 55.7 kg
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| 19.9 kg
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| 19 kg
 
| TNT
 
| TNT
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|style="text-align:right;"| 73 mm
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| 64 mm
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|style="text-align:right;"| 2.1 m
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| 2 m
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|style="text-align:right;"| 67.4 m
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| 62 m
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[[File:BomberImage_F222.2_Carpetbombing.jpg|350px|thumb|right|An [[F.222.2]] carpet bombing AA vehicles with '''{{PAGENAME}}''' bombs.]]
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Due to the small size of the {{PAGENAME}}, it is not advisable to drop just one at a time. Many of the French bombers can carry between 2 and 52 of these bombs and can cause more damage when dropped en masse over an area also known as "carpet bombing." The lower altitude you drop the bombs from, the less time enemy vehicles (including AI drivers) have to avoid the in-bound bombs. These bombs are effective against:
 
* AA vehicles
 
* AA vehicles
 
* AAA cannons (non pill-box)
 
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=== Pros and cons ===
 
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[[File:BomberImage_F222.2_BellyTurret.jpg|350px|thumb|right|A view of the bombing damage as seen from the [[F.222.2]]'s ventral turret during a bombing run.]]
 
[[File:BomberImage_F222.2_BellyTurret.jpg|350px|thumb|right|A view of the bombing damage as seen from the [[F.222.2]]'s ventral turret during a bombing run.]]
 
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== History ==
 
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<ref name=IaFEO>U.S. Naval and Systems Ordnance Command. (1946). [http://bulletpicker.com/pdf/OP%201668,%20Italian%20and%20French%20Explosive%20Ordnance.pdf Italian and French Explosive Ordnance (OP 1668)][[File:Pdf_fileicon.png|.pdf document|link=]].</ref>
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<ref name=HoFE>U.S. Army Materiel Command. (1965). [http://bulletpicker.com/pdf/FSTC%20381-5042,%20Handbook%20of%20Foreign%20Explosives.pdf Handbook of Foreign Explosives (FSTC 381-5042)][[File:Pdf_fileicon.png|.pdf document|link=]] .</ref>
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Latest revision as of 21:46, 7 August 2022

Description

Side view of a G.A. MMN. 50 (50 kg) bomb.
Data for G.A. MMN. 50 (50 kg) bomb
Metric Imperial
Overall Length 93.6 cm 36.9 in
Body Diameter 21.9 cm 8.6 in
Filling Weight 29 kg 64 lb
Total Weight 53 kg 117 lb
Explosive Filling M.Mn
Bomb Type High Explosive

The G.A. MMN. 50 (50 kg) is a 50 kg bomb which was constructed out of welded rolled sheet steel; it has either a longitudinal or a circumferential weld.[1] The overall colour of the bomb is yellow and typically had the type of explosive filling and words "F de Culot" (F of Base or Fuse in Base) painted on the bomb casing.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

Aircraft which can carry G.A. MMN. 50 (50 kg) Total Number Total weight kg Total weight lb
F.222.2 52 2,600 kg 5,732 lb
N.C.223.3 52 2,600 kg 5,732 lb
V-156-F 2 100 kg 220.5 lb
Potez 633 8 400 kg 882 lb
M.B.174A-3 8 400 kg 882 lb
LeO 451 early 16 800 kg 1,764 lb
LeO 451 late 16 800 kg 1,764 lb
Br.693AB2 8 400 kg 882 lb

General info

A top view of an G.A. MMN. 50 (50 kg) bomb with identification of parts.

Effective damage

The G.A. MMN. 50 (50 kg) is filled with Mélinite-Mononitro-nitronaphtaline (M.Mn) or Trimonite (70% Melinite - Picric Acid and 30% Mononitionapthalene).[2] These are typically general purpose/anti-personnel bombs with a Picric acid burster charge.[2] Mélinite (C6H3N3O7) is chemically similar to Trinitrotoluene (TnT - C7H5N3O6) and Mononitro-nitroaphtaline (C10H7NO2).

G.A. MMN. 50 (50 kg) damage table Metric Imperial
Max armour penetration high explosive action 66 mm 2.6 in
Radius of destruction of armoured vehicle 2 m 6.56 ft
Radius of fragment dispersion 75 m 246 ft

Comparison with analogues

Comparable bombs to G.A. MMN. 50 (50 kg)
Name Mass Explosive mass Explosive type Penetration Armour destruction radius Fragmentation radius
▃ AN-M30A1 100 lb 24.5 kg Amatol 65 mm 2 m 67 m
▂ FAB-50sv 49 kg 26.35 kg TNT 65 mm 2 m 73 m
▀ SC50JA 50 kg 25 kg Fp.60/40 65 mm 2 m 70 m
▅ Type 97 Number 6 60 kg 25.3 kg Shimose 65 mm 2 m 69 m
▅ Type 94 GPHE 50 kg 25.09 kg Type 97 65 mm 2 m 70 m
▄ GP 50 58 kg 25 kg Amatol 65 mm 2 m 70 m
▄ D.T. No.2 55.7 kg 19 kg TNT 64 mm 2 m 62 m

Usage in battles

An F.222.2 carpet bombing AA vehicles with G.A. MMN. 50 (50 kg) bombs.

Due to the small size of the G.A. MMN. 50 (50 kg), it is not advisable to drop just one at a time. Many of the French bombers can carry between 2 and 52 of these bombs and can cause more damage when dropped en masse over an area also known as "carpet bombing." The lower altitude you drop the bombs from, the less time enemy vehicles (including AI drivers) have to avoid the in-bound bombs. These bombs are effective against:

  • AA vehicles
  • AAA cannons (non pill-box)
  • Enemy aircraft landing or parked on a runway
  • Clustered or columns of vehicles

Pros and cons

A view of the bombing damage as seen from the F.222.2's ventral turret during a bombing run.

Pros:

  • Effectively used for carpet bombing lightly or no armoured targets
  • Large payload aircraft like F.222.2 and N.C.223.3 can take out columns of AA vehicles in one pass

Cons:

  • Less effective against armoured vehicles, reinforced pillboxes and bases
  • Hard to concentrate large amounts of damage with small bombs

History

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Media

Images

  • Front view of G.A. MMN. 50 (50 kg) bomb with its contact fuze

  • Rear view of G.A. MMN. 50 (50 kg) bomb's fin assembly and tail fuze

  • G.A. MMN. 50 (50 kg) bombs dropped from external pylons of a V-156-F

  • G.A. MMN. 50 (50 kg) bombs in the bomb bay of an F.222.2, notice how they are stored upright when dropped

See also

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Naval and Systems Ordnance Command. (1946). Italian and French Explosive Ordnance (OP 1668).pdf document.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 U.S. Army Materiel Command. (1965). Handbook of Foreign Explosives (FSTC 381-5042).pdf document .


High-explosive and general-purpose bombs
USA 
100 lb  AN-M30A1
250 lb  AN-M57 · LDGP Mk 81
300 lb  H.E. M31
500 lb  AN-M64A1 · LDGP Mk 82
600 lb  H.E. M32
750 lb  M117 cone 45
1,000 lb  AN-M65A1 · AN-M65A1 Fin M129 · LDGP Mk 83
2,000 lb  AN-M66A2 · LDGP Mk 84
3,000 lb  M118
4,000 lb  AN-M56
Germany 
50 kg  SC50JA
200 kg  Sprengbombe
250 kg  SC250JA
400 kg  Sprengbombe
450 kg  Sprengbombe 68/70
500 kg  SC500K
1,000 kg  SC1000L2
1,800 kg  SC1800B
2,500 kg  SC2500
USSR 
25 kg  AO-25M-1
50 kg  FAB-50sv
100 kg  FAB-100sv · FAB-100M-43 · OFAB-100
250 kg  FAB-250sv · FAB-250M-43 · FAB-250M-44 · FAB-250M-46 · FAB-250M-54 · FAB-250M-62 · OFAB-250sv · OFAB-250-270
500 kg  FAB-500sv · FAB-500M-43 · FAB-500M-44 · FAB-500M-46 · FAB-500M-54 · FAB-500M-62
1,000 kg  FAB-1000 · FAB-1000M-43 · FAB-1000M-44
1,500 kg  FAB-1500M-46
3,000 kg  FAB-3000M-46
5,000 kg  FAB-5000
Britain 
250 lb  G.P. Mk.IV · M.C. Mk.I
500 lb  G.P. Mk.IV · H.E. M.C. Mk.II · M.C. Mk.I
540 lb  Mk.M2
1,000 lb  G.P. Mk.I · M.C. Mk.I · L.D H.E. M.C. Mk.1 · H.E. M.C. Mk.13
4,000 lb  H.C. Mk.II · H.C. Mk.IV
8,000 lb  H.C. Mk.II
12,000 lb  H.C Mk.I
Japan 
Army 
50 kg  Type 94 GPHE
100 kg  Type 94 GPHE
250 kg  Type 92 GPHE
500 kg  Type 92 GPHE
Navy 
60 kg  Type 97 Number 6
250 kg  Type 98 Number 25 · Type Number 25 Model 2
500 kg  Type Number 50 Model 2
800 kg  Number 80 Mod. 1
China 
100 kg  100-2
250 kg  Type 250-2 · 250-3
500 kg  500-3
1500 kg  1500-2
3000 kg  3000-2
Italy 
50 kg  GP 50
100 kg  GP 100T · SAP 100M
230 kg  BAFG-230
250 kg  GP 250
460 kg  BAFG-460
500 kg  GP 500
800 kg  GP 800
920 kg  BAFG-920
France 
50 kg  D.T. No.2 · G.A. MMN. 50 · Type 61C
75 kg  G2 Navale
100 kg  No.1
250 lb  SAMP Mk 81
150 kg  I2 Navale
200 kg  No.1
500 lb  SAMP Mk 82
250 kg  Matra 25E · SAMP Type 25
400 kg  SAMP Type 21
1,000 lb  SAMP Mk 83
500 kg  No.2
2,000 lb  SAMP Mk 84
Sweden 
50 kg  mb m/37AT · sb m/42 · sb m/47 · Model 1938
100 kg  Model 1938
120 kg  sb m/61 · m/71
250 kg  mb m/40 · mb m/50
500 kg  mb m/41 · mb m/56
600 kg  mb m/50
Israel 
100 kg  100/50 kg G.P.
250 kg  250/50 kg G.P.
360 kg  360/50 kg G.P.
500 kg  500/50 kg G.P.
See also  List of armour-piercing bombs · List of guided bombs · List of retarded bombs

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