Description
SWOD (Special Weapons Ordnance Device) Mk 9, or "Bat”, is a glide bomb equipped with a radar homing set mounted in the nose. It is designed primarily for attacking marine targets, and is effective for night or day attacks upon shipping in any weather in which the parent plane can fly. The launching planes need not stay in the vicinity of the target, and may release as many as four of these missiles in salvo.
The airframe consists of plywood sections which are fitted around the Bomb AN-M65. Control surfaces consist of an elevon on each wing which can be moved to control pitch or bank. There are no control surfaces on the tail.
To ensure destruction of the intelligence system, the Demolition System Mk 122 is used.
Installation of the Fuzes Mk 235 and Mk 236, with their outside windmills and flexible arming stems, is standard.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
See Also
Bomb, 1000 lb GP, AN-M65, AN-M65A1
Source(s)
OP 1664, Volume 2 - US Explosive Ordnance (1947)
