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249:), which involved the use of the whole German heavy bomber fleet, flying in waves over London and Paris and dropping all the incendiary bombs that they could carry, until they were either all shot down or the crews were too exhausted to fly. The hope was that the two capitals would be engulfed in an inextinguishable blaze, causing the Allies to sue for peace. Thousands of Elektron bombs were stockpiled at forward bomber bases and the operation was scheduled for August and again in early September 1918, but on both occasions, the order to take off was countermanded at the last moment, perhaps because of the fear of Allied reprisals against German cities. The 4879: 4745: 3904: 3837: 3706: 3089: 2691: 437: 310: 271: 194: 22: 394: 42: 2129: 306:); the casing was designed to open at altitude, scattering the bomblets in order to cover a wide area. An explosive charge would then ignite the incendiary material, often starting a raging fire. The fire would burn at extreme temperatures that could destroy most buildings made of wood or other combustible materials (buildings constructed of stone tend to resist incendiary destruction unless they are first blown open by high explosives). 530:, a weapon that was used only once in warfare. Napalm however, became an intrinsic element of US military action during the Vietnam War as forces made increasing use of it for its tactical and psychological effects. Reportedly about 388,000 tons of US napalm bombs were dropped in the region between 1963 and 1973, compared to 32,357 tons used over three years in the Korean War, and 16,500 tons dropped on Japan in 1945. 432:
incendiary pellets. It was capable of burning for up to ten minutes. There was also a high explosive version and delayed high explosive versions (2–4 minutes) which were designed to kill rescuers and firefighters. It was normal for a proportion of high explosive bombs to be dropped during incendiary
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for all three purposes, frequently using WP shells in large 4.2-inch chemical mortars. WP was widely credited by many Allied soldiers for breaking up numerous German infantry attacks and creating havoc among enemy troop concentrations during the latter part of World War II. In both World War II and
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Munitions designed to combine penetration, blast or fragmentation effects with an additional incendiary effect, such as armor-piercing projectiles, fragmentation shells, explosive bombs and similar combined-effects munitions in which the incendiary effect is not specifically designed to cause burn
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and aluminium alloy casing, which ignited at 650 Â°C, burned at 1,100 Â°C and emitted vapour that burned at 1,800 Â°C. A further advantage of the alloy casing was its lightness, being a quarter of the density of steel, which meant that each bomber could carry a considerable number. The
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Towards the end of World War Two, the British introduced a much improved 30 lb (14 kg) incendiary bomb, whose fall was retarded by a small parachute and on impact sent out an extremely hot flame for 15 ft (4.6 m); This, the "Incendiary Bomb, 30-lb., Type J, Mk I", burned for
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In World War II, incendiaries were principally developed in order to destroy the many small, decentralised war industries located (often intentionally) throughout vast tracts of city land in an effort to escape destruction by conventionally aimed high-explosive bombs. Nevertheless, the civilian
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approximately two minutes. Articles in late 1944 claimed that the flame was so hot it could crumble a brick wall. For propaganda purposes the RAF dubbed the new incendiary bomb the "Superflamer". Around fifty-five million incendiary bombs were dropped on Germany by
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The first incendiary devices to be dropped during World War I fell on coastal towns in the east of England on the night of 18–19 January 1915. The small number of German bombs, also known as firebombs, were finned containers filled with
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privately criticized the use of napalm in Korea, writing that it was "very cruel", as US and UN forces, he wrote, were "splashing it all over the civilian population", "tortur great masses of people". He conveyed these sentiments to US
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had already used their own "Baby" incendiary bomb (BIB) which also contained a thermite charge. A plan to fire bomb New York with new long range Zeppelins of the L70 class was proposed by the naval airship fleet commander
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in very large numbers, declining slightly in 1944 to 35.8 million bombs produced (the decline being due to more bombs arriving from the United States). It was the weapon of choice for the
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Protocol III to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects
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Andriukaitis, Lukas; Beals, Emma; Brookie, Graham; Higgins, Eliot; Itani, Faysal; Nimmo, Ben; Sheldon, Michael; Tsurkov, Elizabeth; Waters, Nick (2018). "Incendiary Weapons".
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prohibits the use of incendiary weapons against civilians (effectively a reaffirmation of the general prohibition on attacks against civilians in
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Many incendiary weapons developed and deployed during World War II were in the form of bombs and shells whose main incendiary component is
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type incendiary bomb. Top: complete device, nose is red. Middle: dud found without the tin plate tail. Bottom: the remains after burning.
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as an effective bombing weapon, often in a conjunction with high-explosive bombs. Probably the most famous incendiary attacks are the
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located within concentrations of civilians and loosely regulates the use of other types of incendiary weapons in such circumstances.
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injury to persons, but to be used against military objectives, such as armoured vehicles, aircraft and installations or facilities.
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dropped 80 million of these 4 lb incendiary bombs during World War II. The 4 lb bomb was also used by the US as the "AN-M50".
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are weapons designed to start fires. They may destroy structures or sensitive equipment using fire, and sometimes operate as
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attacks in order to expose combustible material and to fill the streets with craters and rubble, hindering rescue services.
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destruction caused by such weapons quickly earned them a reputation as terror weapons with the targeted populations.
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and boring—relied on combustibles and fire to complete the collapse of walls and structures.
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bomber could carry 1,152 incendiary bombs, or more usually a mixed load. Less successful was the
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was invented, which increased the sophistication of the weapons, starting with
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could be toxic and blinding. Incendiary mixtures, such as the petroleum-based
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Munitions which may have incidental incendiary effects, such as illuminates,
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is currently in use. The United States has confirmed the use of Mark 77s in
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started the war using the 1918-designed one-kilogram magnesium alloy B-1E
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although the 4th Geneva Convention, Part 3, Article 1, Section 28 states
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but in fact operate to slow the process of chemical reactions and use
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Protocol III states though that incendiary weapons do not include:
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Napalm proper is no longer used by the United States, although the
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Incendiary bombs used in the late 20th century sometimes contained
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and 12 small bomb containers each containing 236 4 lb incendiaries.
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and the bombing of Moscow, among other cities. Later, an extensive
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and oil and wrapped with tar-covered rope. They were dropped from
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that led to the near-annihilation of many German cities. In the
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prohibits the use of air-delivered incendiary weapons against
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Korea, WP was found particularly useful in overcoming enemy
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The 4 lb (1.8 kg) incendiary bomb, developed by
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Napalm was widely used by the United States during the
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devised an operation called "The Fire Plan" (German:
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An incendiary bomb dropped on Southend-on-Sea in 1916
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charge, but the main incendiary effect was from the
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Mark 77
US Marine
F/A-18A Hornet aircraft

Veste Coburg
anti-personnel weaponry
napalm
thermite
magnesium powder
chlorine trifluoride
white phosphorus
bombs
explosives
ignition
detonation
Napalm
Early thermal weapons
ancient
medieval
post-classical
early modern
pitch
resin
quicklime
sulfur
Greek fire
siphon
bolts
mining

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