Description
The cylindrical external case of sheet steel construction is closed at one end by a conical nose piece and at the after end by a wooden disk. The nose, threaded to receive a fuze, is filled by a wooden block. A black powder ignition charge is just aft of the block. The central body houses a parachute and a candle unit. The silk parachute is surrounded by a split cylindrical fiber housing. The shrouds are attached to a 1/8 inch wire rope 53 inches long which is attached to the candle unit. The illuminant is contained in a sheet steel cylinder, open at the forward end and closed at the after end by a steel plate. The open forward end rests on the black powder charge in the nose. While carried in the plane a safety wire is passed through two eyelets at the tail end of the external case, preventing the parachute from coming out until the flare has been released from the plane.
Hazardous Components
Illuminant (15 lbs, 6.8 kg). Main components of the illuminant are barium nitrate (77%), aluminum (8.8%), magnesium (4.4%), sulphur (2.2%) and paraffin (4.5%).
Black powder ignition charge.
See Also
General Information, Japanese Navy Bombs
Nose, D-5(a), Type 1 Aerial Burst
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