Description
The five vanes and vane cap are cast in one piece. The vanes are staked to a threaded collar, which fits down into the fuze body and threads onto a striker extension collar. A closing screw with a vertically flattened head closes the upper end of the collar. A plastic upper body is incorporated to prevent premature firing due to collision of the bombs with each other in the air. Inside this plastic upper body, projecting through the brass collar, are three plastic firing-pin extensions, through each of which passes a copper shear wire. A fourth pin projects up through the center of the striker extension collar. A detent, which is spring-loaded forward, comes up beside the striker extension collar, and while in the unarmed position, is held down by the threaded collar of the vane cap/ The detent holds the spring-loaded detonator shutter out of line. Below the striker extension collar is a circular plate, resting on top of the striker, which is held in place by a shear wire. The detonator is carried in a shutter which is out of line with the striker in the unarmed condition. The booster cup extends down into the magazine, and has a cone in the bottom which gives it a cavity charge effect.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
See Also
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Source(s)
OP 1665, British Explosive Ordnance (1946)
