Description
Incendiary bomb cluster M31 consists of cluster adapter M25 filled with 38 incendiary bombs M74 and fitted with three cluster ejection cartridges, two fuzes, and an arming wire.
Hazardous Components
Incendiary bombs M74 are loaded into the cluster adapter M25 in 2 bundles of 19 bombs each. The bombs are arranged in the bundles in such a way that the release bar on each bomb is depressed by an adjacent bomb.
The burster is a component of cluster adapter M25 and is installed in the tail fin.
Three ignition cartridges M2 are installed in the cartridge containers in the cluster adapter.
Two mechanical time tail bomb fuzes M152A1 or M908 are installed in the fuze adapters in the tail fin.
See Also
Bomb, 10 lb Incendiary, M74, M74A1
Cluster, 500 lb Incendiary, M32
Source(s)
TM 9-1385-51, Ammunition (Conventional) for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (1967)
TM 9-1325-200, Bombs and Bomb Components (1966)
TM 3-400, Chemical Bombs and Clusters (1957)
