Description
The target head consists of a thin sheet metal container holding a flare candle. Separated from the flare candle by a steeel washer is an externally threaded spigot, by which the head is attached to the shell ring of the rocket motor. The spigot is fixed to the target head body by means of a double crimp. A weight is fitted into the forward end of the body and is fixed to the body by four screws. A ballistic cap is crimped to the forward end of the weight.
Four holes are drilled through the body and the weight just before the flare candle, and a similar set of four holes is drilled abaft the candle through the body and the spigot. The two sets of holes are covered with a strip of tape 1.5 inch wide, which is wrapped around the body.
An igniter mechanism, consisting of a diaphragm operated striker, a percussion cap, and a gunpowder charge, is inserted into the after end of the spigot and is held in place by a threaded locking ring.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
See Also
Source(s)
OP 1665, British Explosive Ordnance (1946)
