Description
The Bomb No. 2 Mk I consists of a light sheet-steel case filled with explosive and containing a striker, detonator, and self-destroying assembly. When the arming pin is withdrawn, the detonator is forced by its spring into alignment with the striker. Simultaneously the delay firing pin on the detonator carrier strikes the cap and a length of safety fuse is ignited. When the bomb strikes the aircraft, the striker is forced in and fires the detonator, exploding the bomb instantaneously. If the wire is not struck by the aircraft, the safety fuse will burn through and detonate the bomb after about 95 seconds. Thus the bomb is self-destructive after about 1,250 feet of fall.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
See Also
Source(s)
OP 1665, British Explosive Ordnance (1946)
