Bomb used in

Fuzed used with

Over-all length

Over-all length of vanes

Width of fuze body

The fuze body is made in two parts screwed together. The upper part is flanged and threaded to fit into the fuze pocket. A central opening, which has a small flange, recei-ves the threaded arming spindle. This spindle screws into the striker assembly.

In the lower part of the fuze body is a sleeve with a beveled upper edge against which rest the steel balls located in a hole in the striker assembly. In the bottom of the sleeve is the detonator cap, the sleeve and striker being spaced by a creep spring. The base of the lower part of the fuze is threaded to receive the booster tube. The vanes are secu-red to the spindle by a pin and prevented from rotating by an arming wire secured to the body and passed through the holes.

Upon release from the plane, the arming wire is pulled from the vanes, allowing them to rotate. After the arming spindle has withdraw so that 0.16 in. of the spindle shows below the vanes, the balls will be free to move inwards, freeing the sleeve containing the deto-nator. Upon impact, the sleeve may be set forward onto the striker, firing the cap. The vanes do not fall away.

Figure 46
Type M - Mechanical Impact Nose Fuze