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Help with 8.5lb practice bombs

MINENAZ16

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Hi,
I'm lost to understand variants of 8 1/2lb practice bombs.
The documentation indicates Mk1, Mk2 and Mk3 are made with plastic, with suspension band.
The different diagrams let me interrogative !
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But what is this one (not plastic made) with single eyeblolt ?

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This one (made of plastic) is fitted with an uncommon fuze. I saw different examples on internet with this brass nose plug. Is it original or homemade nose fuze ?

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The white bakelite bomb with the knurled screw is the Mk2 the Mk1 just has the brass plunger
 

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These may explain more the Mk2 with the knurled screw had a extension rod fitted after screw removed
 

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