Australian Military Forces

Bomb Disposal

Technical Instructions

1944

 

Good Scanned copy. Scanned as high resolution TIF images & digitally restored, page by page.  302 pages. Very well Illustrated. (See photos).

Manual covering the identification, rendering safe and disposal of aircraft bombs and their fuzes etc

Also includes detailed information on the processes and equipment used for bomb disposal.

Detailed diagrams of identified Japanese bombs and their fuzes with an external illustration showing markings and a cutaway diagram showing functioning of the bombs and fuzes.

Manual has provision for a section on German bombs and fuzes but this IS NOT included in this copy of the manual indicating that the original was used in the Pacific theatre during WW2.

See below for a detailed listing of contents

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Contents:

CHAPTER A – INTRODUCTION

Sec.         1              General Instructions

Security

Disposal procedure

Safety Periods

Relaxation of Safety Period in Certain Cases

Non-Retention of Specimens

Salvage

Safety Precautions – Training

RAE Responsibilities in Bomb Disposal

Foreword

Bomb Disposal PLS

Other RAE Units

Equipment

Training

Enemy Bomb Intelligence

Other Services

                Navy

                Air Force

Reports and Returns

                General

Special Reports

Regular Returns

UXB Work Reports

Unit UXB Record

Daily Reports

Abandoning of Bombs

                Introduction

Areas not Affected by Operations

Areas Affected by Operations

  

CHAPTER B – JAPANESE BOMBS AND COMPONENTS

Sec.         2 – H.E. Bombs

Japanese H.E. Cluster Bomb – 1/3 Kg

Japanese H.E. Cluster Bomb – 1 Kg

Japanese G.P., H.E. Bomb, Type 99 – 30 Kg

Japanese G.P., H.E. Bomb, Type 94 – 50 Kg

Japanese G.P., H.E. Bomb, Type 94 – 50 Kg – Incorporates Fuze C.3(A)

Japanese G.P., H.E. Bomb, Type 97 – 60 Kg

Japanese G.P., H.E. Bomb, Type 98 – 60 Kg

Japanese G.P., H.E. Bomb, Type 99 – 63 Kg

Japanese G.P., H.E. Bomb, Type 94 – 100 Kg

Japanese G.P., H.E. Bomb, Type – 250 Kg

Japanese G.P., H.E. Bomb, Type 98 – 250 Kg

Japanese S.A.P., H.E. Bomb, Type 99 – 250 Kg

Japanese A.P., H.E. Bomb, – 800 Kg

                3 – Anti-personnel Bombs

Japanese Anti-Personnel., H.E. Bomb, Type – 15 Kg

4 – Incendiary Bombs

Japanese Incendiary Bomb – Type 99 – 32 Kg

Japanese Incendiary Bomb – Type 97 – 50 Kg

Japanese Incendiary Bomb – Type 0 – 50 Kg

Japanese Incendiary Bomb – Type 97 – 60 Kg – Electron Fire-Pots

Japanese Incendiary Bomb – Type 98 – 60 Kg – Solid Oil

Japanese Incendiary Bomb – Type 2 – 250 Kg

5 – Miscellaneous Aerial Missiles

Japanese 1/3 Kg H.E. Cluster Bomb Container

Japanese Pamphlet Container - 50 Kg

Japanese Parachute Bomb Container – 60 Kg

Japanese Practice Bomb – 31 Kg

Japanese Gas Bomb – Type 92 – 50 Kg

Japanese Smoke Signal – 1 Kg

Japanese Smoke Float – 2 Kg (Yellow Smoke)

Japanese Parachute Illuminating Flare

Japanese Illuminating Float Flare Type

Japanese Float Flare - Type 94 – 1 Kg

Japanese Float Flare - Type 94 – 3 Kg

Japanese Navigation Marker, Type 0, Model 1

Japanese Navigation Marker – Cardboard Type

 6 – Fuzes, Serial A

7 – Fuzes, Serial B

8 – Fuzes, Serial C

9 – Fuzes, Serial D

10 – Gaines, Booster Systems and Magazines

11 – Ammunition

 

CHAPTER C – GERMAN BOMBS AND COMPONENTS

                (NOT INCLUDED IN THIS COPY)

 

Sec.         19 – Destruction of Bombs, Ammunition, etc

Destruction of a HE Bomb by Detonation

                When Bomb is Exposed

When Bomb has been Defuzed

When Bomb is not Visible and/or Fuze Unidentified

Demolition of Bombs in Dumps

Object

Preliminary

Method of Demolishing Bombs in Stacks

Destruction of Bofors Ammunition 40mm

Foreword

Sensitivity of Components

Method of Disposal Recommended

Disadvantages of other Methods of Disposal

                20 – General

Elementary Safety Precautions for Bomb Disposal

Safety Precautions Summarized

For Bombs of Any Nationality

Special for Japanese Bombs

Precautions When Handling Explosives

Precautions Against Skin Diseases

Safety Distances

Burning Explosives

Burning Washed Out Explosives

Precautions in Use of Steaming-Out Equipment

Precautions When Trepanning and Steaming-Out Picric Fillings

Explosives Used in Bombs

Foreword

Black Powder

Pyrotechnics

High Explosives

Detonating Compositions and Cap Compositions

Mercury Fulminate

Lead Azide

Lead Styphnate

Tetryl

Powdered Picric Acid

RDX

PETN

TNT

Picric Acid

Hexanite and Anisol

RDX/TNT

AMATOLS

Methods of Removing Bomb Fillings

Disposal of Gas Bombs and Missiles

Treatment of Ignited Incendiary Materials

Types of Camouflets and Safety precautions

Making Camouflets Safe

Artificial Respiration

Protective Works

 

CHAPTER E – EQUIPMENT AND PLANT

Sec.         21 – General Use

Probes Bomb 6ft

Scale of Issue

Objects

Description

When to Use

Method of use

Restrictions in Use of Probe

Substitute of Improvised Probes

Danger of Explosion of CO Gases

Excavating and Timbering

Location of Shaft

Size of Excavation

Excavating

Pumping

Excavations – Timbering

Timbering with Poling Boards

Timbering with Runners

Headings

Salvage of Timber

Detectors – Indicator Test Papers

Apparatus Reviving – Operating Instructions

Trepanning and Steaming-Out Plant Design III

Introduction

Object

Performance

When to Use

Steam Driven Trepanning Unit & Accessories

Steam Boiler & Accessories

The Steaming-Out Attachment

A Set of Lorry Fittings

Necessary Stores

Method of Operating Boiler

Preliminaries

Running

Solvent

Main Steam Hose

Trepanning A Hole in a Bomb

Cleaning Steam Power Unit

Steaming-Out by Remote Control

Steaming-Out Through the Filling Hole

Closing Down the Boiler

Final Operations

Special Precautions

Appendix A – Detail of Hoses for Trepanning & Steaming Out Plant

Appendix B – Detail of Packing for Trepanning Machine

Appendix C – Class A Spares for Pass Trepanning Machine

Appendix D – Accessories and Parts with 500lb Boiler

Appendix E – Class A Spares for 500lb Boiler

Appendix F – Laird’s 500lb Steam Boiler

Appendix G – Parts List Type MR3 Steam Power Unit

                22 – Anti Japanese

Special Bomb Disposal Tools and Essential Common Hand Tools etc (Anti-Japanese)

References

Tabulation

Identification and Access

To Render Fuzes safe

To Remove Grub Screws

To Loosen Fuzes and Locking Rings

Description

Method of Use

Sterilization of Japanese Bombs

References

Object and Performance

When to Use

Description Of Equipment

Scale of Issue

Method of use

Solidifying Mixtures

Foreword

Object

Action

Performance

Special Glue Solution

Plaster of Paris Mixture

Cleaning of Apparatus Immediately After Use

Fuze Extractor Design III & Pneumatic Shears

Foreword

Object

Performance

Description

Auxiliary Equipment – Pneumatic Shears

Stethoscope, Electrical – Design IVB

Object

Performance

Description

To Prepare for Use

When to Use

Factors Affecting Performance and Use

Methods of Use

Care & Maintenance

Testing Stethoscope for Faults

                23 – Anti German – (NOT INCLUDED IN THIS COPY)

 

CHAPTER F – CONCERNING CIVIL DEFENCE ORGANISATION

Sec.         24 – Function in Bomb Disposal, Co-operation etc

                (THIS CHAPTER APPEARS INCOMPLETE)

 

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