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Napalm incendiary filling

AN-M-69 Bomb. An incendiary bomb, weighing 6.2 lb used in WW II. It was filled with either Napalm Filling (Napalm 9, gasoline 91%) or IM Filling [isoburylmetacrylate polymer 5.0, fatty acids (such as stearic) 2.5, naphthenic acid 2.5, aq 40% NaOH soln 3-0 gasoline 87%]... [Pg.457]

Four types of 500-pound bombs looked suitable on paper, and to determine which was best the technical staff, with co-operation from the Ordnance Department, set to work on all of them. One had a thick steel casing filled with napalm and carrying a HE-white phosphorus burster igniter. Two others were identical with the above except for the casing, one being of thin steel, the other of magnesium. The fourth bomb was filled with a number of small incendiary units that scattered when the bomb exploded. [Pg.180]

The manufacture of napalm, the metallic soap used to thicken gasoline to form a fill for incendiary bombs and a fuel for flame throwers. [Pg.350]

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