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Booster, Auxiliary, Mk 4 Mod 0

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Description

Auxiliary booster Mk 4 Mod 0 is an explosive contained in a chipboard tube which is closed at both ends by metal caps cemented to the tube. White bomb paper is glued to the outside of the tube and is covered by a transparent lacquer or shellac. The auxiliary booster is used in the nose fuze seat liners of AN-GP bombs using nose fuze Mk 219.

Functioning

No information about functioning.

Hazardous Components

TNT, 63 grams

See Also

Nose, Impact, AN-Mk 219

Source(s)

TM 9-1325-200, Bombs and Bomb Components (1966)

OP 2216, Volume 1 - Aircraft Bombs, Fuzes, and Associated Components (1960)