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Thermos bomb  |
| SIMILAR TO a vacuum flask in shape, this Italian mine was nicknamed "Thermos bomb" by the Allied troops. As the bomb fell from aircraft the force of the wind unscrewed a propeller cap which primed the bomb. |
1941-05-07. TOBRUK. COMPONENT PARTS OF A THERMOS BOMB TAKEN TO PIECES BY A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH BOMB DISPOSAL SQUAD. THIS IS MOST LIKELY THE FIRST THERMOS BOMB THAT HAS BEEN RENDERED INAFFECTIVE AND KEPT WHOLE AS IT REQUIRES ONLY THE SLIGHTEST VIBRATION TO SET THEM OFF. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY). |
