The Archive · 1941

Deadly Bombs Made

Berlin, Feb, 6

A new kind of explosive bomb and 'a new kind of incendiary bomb have been developed by German munition experts, semi-official German sources said yesterday.

The new explosive was named "Black Bomb" and was designed specially for use against industrial plants, said reports. In contrast. 10 ordinary explosive bombs with thick, metal casings, the "Black Bomb" has an extremely thin easing, fashioned from a kind of light metal and piack= ed with a correspondingly higher per~ centage of explosive materials.

The splinter action of the now bomb ig thus reduced and does not ply the same role as in ordinary bombs but it has an extraordinarily high destructive concussion force which is produced with the bomb's Impact, and covers a large area, it was said,

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