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The Cooper bomb was a British 20 pound bomb used extensively in
The bomb was in weight, of which was the bomb casing and was an explosive charge of
The Cooper bomb was a British 20 pound bomb used extensively in World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
, it was the first high explosive
An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure. An e ...
bomb to be adapted by the Royal Flying Corps
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Design
The bomb was in weight, of which was the bomb casing and was an explosive charge of Amatol
Amatol is a highly explosive material made from a mixture of TNT and ammonium nitrate. The British name originates from the words ammonium and toluene (the precursor of TNT). Similar mixtures (one part dinitronaphthalene and seven parts amm ...
. The main body, being thick, was made of cast iron, steel or semisteel and the after body is made of wood and the fins sheet steel.{{Cite web, url=http://www.wwi-models.org/Photos/Various/Bombs-brit/, title=British Bombs, website=www.wwi-models.org, access-date=2017-03-11
List of aircraft that used the Cooper bomb
*Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5
The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 is a British biplane fighter aircraft of the First World War. It was developed at the Royal Aircraft Factory by a team consisting of Henry Folland, John Kenworthy and Major Frank Goodden. It was one of the fast ...
* Bristol F.2 Fighter
* Airco DH.4
* Sopwith Camel
The Sopwith Camel is a British First World War single-seat biplane fighter aircraft that was introduced on the Western Front in 1917. It was developed by the Sopwith Aviation Company as a successor to the Sopwith Pup and became one of the be ...
* Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2
Between 1911 and 1914, the Royal Aircraft Factory used the F.E.2 (Farman Experimental 2) designation for three quite different aircraft that shared only a common "Farman" pusher biplane layout.
The third "F.E.2" type was operated as a day and n ...
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