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Old 8th Apr 2005, 16:12
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Any ex-Armourers here?

I would like to know the relevence of the coloured bands painted on WWII bombs; the 4000lb cookie in particular.

I visited East Kirkbys Lancaster this morning and an example of a 4000lb "Cookie" bomb had a red and a turquoise ring around the full circumferance. Anyone able to through any light on this one?
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coloured bands are usually an indicator of the type of filling.

if it had red crosses on it it usually meant as far as I remember that it ws explosive fit for use in tropical climes.
white for phosphorus
yellow for torpex
red for RDX
purple for rdx / ????mix
light blue for drill purpose
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