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. |