Description
The Tail Mechanical Impact Fuze T723 is designed as a replacement for the Pistol T708 (British No. 58) in the GP Bombs T10 and T14, to provide air-travel arming.
This fuze has its windmill vanes mounted outside the tail cone, and connected to the fuze arming spindle by a slotted sleeve, which allows the spindle to thread out into the slot. The fuze is detonator safe, the detonator being housed in a rotor which lines up after the arming spindle is out of the fuze. A larger auxiliary booster is used with this fuze, because of the size of the bomb.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
Hazardous Components
No information about hazardous components.
See Also
Source(s)
OP 1664, Volume 2 - US Explosive Ordnance (1947)
