Description
Aircraft Float Light Mk 6 Mod 0 consists of four Drift Signals AN-Mk 5 Mod 1 which are contained in a square wooden body and burn successively. The box is 20.25 inches long and 5.125 inches square. The weight is 16 pounds, and the burning time is 45 minutes. The float light is released by hand from an altitude of from 300 to 5,000 feet. It gives off a grey smoke and a flame 10 or 12 inches high. The Aircraft Float Light AN-Mk 6 Mod 2 is ignited by a pull igniter which is pulled when released. The light can be dropped from an altitude over 5,000 feet.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
See Also
Signal, Night Drift, AN-Mk 4, AN-Mk 5 Mods 1, 2
Source(s)
OP 1664, Volume 1 - US Explosive Ordnance (1947)
USNBD - Bombs and Fuzes, Pyrotechnics (1945)
