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Appendix 3 List of the types of Munitions made at Bridgend ROF
Although Bridgend ROF was originally assigned as a replacement filling factory for Waltham Abbey it rapidly expanded to include many other types of munitions from 1940 onwards.
The known types of Munitions manufactured at Bridgend are listed below.
1. Cordite Bags & Pellets
2. Naval Tubes
3. Gas-shells
4. Smoke Bombs
5. 25 pounder 3 ¾" base ejection Shells
6. RAF bomb tail Fuzes
7. RD202 Fuze Powder Explosive used in the 25 pounder 3 ¾ “ base ejection & gas shells
8. Detonators e.g. The 5 grain A.S.A detonator used in the type 119 Fuze.
9. Primers
10. 40mm anti-aircraft shells
11. 2 pounder shells
12. Initiators
13. Air to Ground Rockets
14. Type 119 Fuzes, these were used in the 25 pounder artillery shells.
15. Type 243 Fuzes.
16. Fuze and Phosphorus shell filling
17. Life Saving Rockets
18. 3” Mortar Shells
This data has been compiled from both official and unofficial sources.