Mk 236 Mod 0 (Tail Mechanical Impact)

Missiles

Functioning

Armed condition

Arming data

2,500 to 3,000 feet ai travel

General: This design employs the plunger and cocked firing pin arrangement in the fuze body, with the arming assembly in an exterior unit similar to that of the Nose Fuze Mk 235. This fuze is extremely sensitive when armed

Operation: The vanes of the external arming unit rotate when the arming wire is pul-led on launching. This rotation, through the flexible coupling, unscrews the arming screw from the fuze. The plunger is now free to ride forward on impact, overcoming the anti-creep spring, releasing the plunger balls, and allowing the cocked firing pin to be shot into the primer, setting off the delay and the detonator.

Figure 400. Tail Fuze Mk 236 (body position)