INERT**DEACTIVATED** WW2 Era 1936 Dated Nazi German Luftwaffe 1Kg Air Dropped \' INERT**DEACTIVATED** WW2 Era 1936 Dated Nazi German Luftwaffe 1Kg Air Dropped \' Antiques & Militaria

INERT**DEACTIVATED** WW2 Era 1936 Dated Nazi German Luftwaffe 1Kg Air Dropped 'TILE BREAKER' Incendiary Bomb. Sn 17757 - 17757

**INERT**DEACTIVATED** This is a German WW2 1Kg Incendiary bomb air dropped in containers by German bombers in WW2 and used to great effect in the German Blitzes during the early part of WW2 against British cities. This pattern is fitted with a heavy steel fuse to break through roofs and set fires in attics and lofts. For that reason they are referred to as 'Tile breakers'. The bombs were made of a magnesium alloy body and fuse holder which would burn brightly and furiously. The filling was thermite which burns at a very high temperature and thus ignited the magnesium body. The hollow casing has three tail fins of pressed steel with a steel reinforcing ring at the tail soldered together in four pieces and held to the bomb by short steel pins. The tail fins retain some of their original green paint. The alloy nose fuse is stamped with crisp markings including stylised Eagle Luftwaffe mark ’36 date (1936) together with other numbers and letters (all illustrated). There are no visible markings on the hollow casing or fins. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 17757

£275.00