ZAB-500Š (zápalná puma)

The incendiary aerial bomb ZAB-500Š was designed to set fire to industrial plants, warehouses, railway stations with rolling stock, urban and economic objects and live enemy forces, as well as to create fires in the enemy rear for the orientation of troops.


Main technical data :


Burning temperature : 2300 °C


Decision area of the incendiary mixture in m² : 16000x25000 (achieved destruction area)


Quantity of created fires : 400 - 600


Burning time in min. 3 - 5




Source : Vševojsk-51-37 Lighting security of ground troops in combat at night, ČSĽA regulation, Prague 1987
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