Bomb - WWI Russian 10Kg Oranovsky High-Explosive (Set of 8)

Comprising: Eight historically accurate scale models in high-resolution, unpainted 3D-printed resin.

History: This 10kg aerial bomb was designed in late 1914 by Lt. Col. V. M. Oranovsky for the Imperial Russian Army Air Service (Императорскій военно-воздушный флотъ), with formal adoption and production beginning in early 1915.  Constructed of a forged-steel body with a conical nose and a distinctive ring-tail stabilizer, it was intended for use against troop concentrations, supply depots, rail targets, and light field fortifications. It was among the first standardized Russian aircraft bombs produced in quantity during the First World War, and filled an urgent need for purpose-built air-dropped munitions at a time when early Russian aviators primarily relied on improvised devices.   Sometimes classified as '1/2 pood' before metric rationalization, by the early 1920s it was gradually supplanted by more modern Soviet-standard Fugasnaya Aviatsionnaya Bomba (FAB) designs, but it represents one of the foundational purpose-designed aerial bombs of Russian military aviation.

Operational Use: Carried both singly and in small racks by reconnaissance aircraft and heavy bombers. It remained in use through the later Imperial period and Russian Civil War. It was designated FAB-10 from the Soviet classification system formalized in the 1920s when the Red Air Fleet reorganized and standardized ordnance nomenclature. The following aircraft types are documented as having carried the FAB-10 include the: Farman MF.11 and HF.30, Lebed XII, Sikorsky Ilya Muromets, Voisin III and V.

Note: Images may include digital renderings of the actual 3D designs used to produce this scale model. Each respective scale is customized to ensure the greatest level detail and historical accuracy while factoring the limitations of the printing process in order to produce the most pleasing results.