Description
Obsolete.
A safety wire is withdrawn when the bomb is loaded aboard the plane, and the vanes are freed when the bomb is released. The vanes and vane cap rotate off, and on impact a shear wire is sheared, and the striker hits the detonator.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
Hazardous Components
No information about hazardous components.
See Also
Nothing else to see.
Source(s)
OP 1665, British Explosive Ordnance (1946)
