Explosive trainArming Wires
U.S. EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE
PART 6 - BOMBS AND BOMB FUZES
Chapter 20 - BOMB FUZES
Section 1 - INTRODUCTION

Fuze Extension M1

The Fuze Extension M1 may be used in any bomb adapted for the Nose Fuze AN-M103. It comes in 6-, 9-, 12-, 18-, 24-, 30, and 36-inch sizes, and consists of a burster support and a burster assembly. The burster support is a steel tube, 2.375 inches in out-side diameter, which has a male thread at one end and a female thread at the other. The former screws into the adapter in the nose of the bomb; the latter receibes the Nose FUze AN-M103. The burster assembly consists of an asphalt-impregnated chipboard tube which has a recessed metal cap crimped to the other. The tube is fileld with cast tetry-tol A shake-proof lock washer is supplied with each assembly.