Ammunition Percussion Primer M82 for Igniting Propellant in Separate-Loading

Fig 57 PERCUSSION PRIMER M82 FOR IGNITING PROPELLANT IN SEPARATE-LOADING AMMUNITION 

Following are examples of percussion primers used in these items, ih conjunction with igniters and firing devices described here. Essentially each of them (See Fig 58). consists of a copper or gilding metal cup with a flange at one end and a hole at the other end. They are loaded with priming mixtures such as contg Basic Lead Styph-nate, Ba nitrate, Sb trisulfide and Tetracene 

Here primers and igniters are separate elements and not in one piece as for igniting proplnts in gun howitzer cannons, and in recoilless rifles. The weapons known as 60-mm Mortar Cannons M2 M19 arid 81-mm Mortar Cannons Ml M29 are smooth-bore. 

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