Chapter 19 - Practice Bombs - Section 2 - Army Practice Bombs: Spotting Charges (Army)Section 1 - Introduction
U.S. EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE
CONTENTS
Part 6
BOMBS AND BOMB FUZES
Chapter 20 - Bomb Fuzes

Introduction

Explosive train

Fuze Extension M1

Arming wires

Fuze Protector Mk 1 Mod 0

V.T. bomb fuzes

Army-Designed Bomb Fuzes

M1 (Nose Inertia Type)

AN-M100A2, AN-M101A2, AN-M102A2 (Tail Mechanical Impact) and (Obsolete) M100 and AN-100A1 Series

M160, M161, M162, AN-M100A2C, and AN-M101A2C (Tail Mechanical Impact)

AN-M103 (Obsolescent) and M103 (Obsolete) (Nose Mechanical Impact)

AN-M103A1 (Nose Mechanical Impact)

AN-M139A1, AN-M140A1, M139, and M140 (Nose Mechanical Impact)

M148 (Nose Mechanical Impact)

M163, M164, and M165 (Nose Mechanical Impact)

T32E1 and T33E1 (Nose Mechanical Impact)

AN-M104 (Obsolescent) and M109 (Obsolete) (Mechanical Impact)

AN-M120A1 and M170 (Mechanical Impact)

M105 (Nose Mechanical Impact) (Obsolete)

M106A2 and (Obsolete) M106, M106A1, and M106 (Long) (Tail Mechanical Impact Pyrotechnic Delay)

M108 (Nose Mechanical Impact) (Obsolete)

AN-M110A1, AN-M126A1, M110 (Obsolete), and M126 (Obsolescent) (Nose Mechanical Impact)

M158 and M159 (Nose Mechanical Impact)

M111, M111A1, M111A2, M127, and M138 (Nose Clockwork Aerial Burst)

AN-M128, AN-M145, AN-M146, and AN-M147 (Nose Clockwork Aerial Burst)

M135, M136, M135A1, and M136A1 (Nose Clockwork Aerial Burst)

M144 (Nose Clockwork Aerial Burst)

M152, and M153 (Tail Mechanical Aerial Burst)

M155 (Nose Clockwork Aerial Burst)

T77 (Nose Clockwork Aerial Burst)

T27E4 (Nose Barometric)

M112, M113, and M114 (Obsolescent), and A1 Modifications (Tail Mechanical Impact)

M115, M116, and M117 (Tail Mechanical Impact)

M151 (Tail Mechanical Impact)

M123, M124, and M125 (Obsolescent) (Tail Chemical Time, Anti-Withdrawal)

M123A1, M124A1, and M125A1 (Tail Chemical Time, Anti-Withdrawal)

M132, M133, and M134 (Tail Chemical Time, Anti-Withdrawal)

M129 (Impact or Aerial Burst)

M130 (Mechanical Time)

M131 (Anti-Disturbance)

M142 (M3) (Nose, All-Ways Action Type)

M142A1 (Nose, All-Ways Action)

M150 (Tail, All-Ways Action)

M149 (Nose Impact or Blast Pressure)

T50E1 and T50E4 (V.T.) (Cancelled)

M166 (V.T.)

T91 and M168 (V.T.)

T82 (V.T.) (Cancelled)

T708 (Tail Pistol)

T723 (Tail Mechanical Pistol)

Navy-Designed Bomb Fuzes

Mk 3 Mod 1 (Nose Mechanical Impact)

Mk 219 Mods 2-4, and AN-Mk 219 (Nose Mechanical Impact)

Mk 221 and Mk 239 (Nose Mechanical Impact) (Obsolescent)

Mk 223 (Tail Mechanical Impact) (Obsolescent)

AN-Mk 228 (Tail Mechanical Impact)

AN-Mk 224 (Athwartship Hydrostatic) (Suspended from use)

AN-Mk 234 (Athwartship Hydrostatic) (Suspended from use)

Mk 229 and AN-Mk 230 (Tail Hydrostatic) (Obsolete)

Mk 229 Mod 3 (Obsolete) and AN-Mk 230 Mods 4, 5 and 6 (Tail Hydrostatic)

Mk 231 Mod 0 and Mk 240 Mod (Tail Hydrostatic)

Mk 232 Mod 1 (Nose Impact or Electrical Firing)

Mk 233 (Nose Electrical)

Mk 243 Mod 0 and Mk 244 Mods 0 and 1 (Nose Mechanical Impact)

Mk 227 (Nose Mechanical Impact) (Obsolete)

Mk 237 Mod 0 and Mk 238 Mod 0 (Tail, Lead-Shear-Wire, Long Delay, Time)

Igniter Fuzes and Igniters

Fuze M154, Igniter M13 and M14, and Experimental Type E3R1, E3R2, E3R4, E4R1, E4R2, E4R3, E4R4, E4R6, and E4R7

Fuze M157; Igniters M15 and M16

Chapter 19 - Practice Bombs - Section 2 - Army Practice Bombs: Spotting Charges (Army)Section 1 - Introduction