Three types of bombs were used in the Great War:
1. Demolition bombs: Which were thin walled and carried a heavy charge of TNT and whose purpose was to cause great destruction. They were produced in five different weights---50, 100, 250, 500, and 1,000 pounds.
2. Incendiary bombs: The development of this type never reached a practical degree of effectiveness.
3. Fragmentation bombs: This type of explosive was designed to be used against troops. It had a thick metal wall and a relative small charge of explosive. Their purpose was to throw showers of fragments like those of the high-explosive artillery shell.
Bombs were carried on a simple rack under the wings of pursuit planes, usually four under each plane. They were dropped in pairs, one from pair from each plane, starting with the outside progressing inward. When the bomb was released, the nose spinner was freed to turn which then rotated a plate in the nose, which eventually exposed the detonator to a firing mechanism, which would be activated when the bomb struck a solid object.
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