49. Fuse Lighter 39 (Zündschnuranzünder 39; Zdschn.Anz. 39)

a. Description. The fuse lighter 39 (fig. 50) is an instantaneous, chemical fuze lighter with a coated pull wire. Externally, this fuse lighter resembles the pull fuze for egg grena-des, but lacks the hexagonal or the wing-shaped nut and the delay pellet. The gray pull cap of the fuse lighter 39 is left-hand threaded to differentiate it from the pull fuze for egg grenades. The fuse lighter is 2 1/8 inches long.

b. Employment. This fuse lighter is used to light a time fuse attached to a prepared char-ge of hollow charge. It may also be used to ignite a smoke candle or, with a trip wire at-tached to the pull cap, as a fuze for booby trap, activated antitank mine, or improvised mnes.

c. Functioning. When the pull cap is unscrewed and given a sharp pull, the pull cord at-tached to the coated pull wire pulls the coated pull wire through the chemical compound and ignites it. The flame travels down through the threaded base and ignites the time fuse.

d. Installing and Arming.

(1)

Insert a length of time fuse into an adapter and screw the adapter onto the base of the fuse lighter.

(2)

Insert the other end of the safety fuse into a detonator adapter.

(3)

Insert a detonator into the detonator adapter.

(4)

Screw the detonator adapter into the charge.

e. Neutralizing.

(1)

Cut the time fuse near the base of the fuse lighter 39.

(2)

Unscrew the fuse adapter from the fuse lighter and remove the time fuse.

Figure 50. Fuse lighter 39.