Bomb Adapter-Booster

Under this title are included bomb adapter-booster, auxiliary boosters, primer-detonator, delay elements, bursters and igniters... [Pg.1010]

Bomb Adapter-Booster, M126A1 (T45E1), shown in Fig 5-4, permits the use of a 2-inch thread for MT or VT fuzes in the new-series and the low-drag GP bombs, including Snakeye I. Its overall length is 6.83-inches, diam ca 2-in and the wt of Tetryl booster... [Pg.1011]

Bomb Adapter-Booster, T59, shown in Fig 5-6 of Ref 51a (not reproduced here), is used to ignite the detonating cord which opens leaflet bomb M139- Adapter is metallic cylinder 2.89-inches in diam, 6.03-in long, which contains Tetryl booster charge (Ref 51a, p 5-9)... [Pg.1012]

Bomb Tail Adapter Booster, M102A2, shown in Fig 5-1, provides a tail-fuze seat for certain GP and SAP bombs. It requires an adapter-booster lock pin to prevent its removal after an antiwithdrawal fuze is inserted in the bomb. The adapter has an ID of 1.5-inches, its cavity is 2.86-in deep, and overall length 4.64-in. Its closing-cup assembly contains 1.53 grains of Tetryl and its booster chge is Tetryl (884.0 grains) (Ref 51a, pp 5-1 5-2)... [Pg.1011]

Bomb Tail Adapter-Booster, Mill, shown in Fig 5-3, adapts GP bombs with large fuze seats to accommodate small fragmentation type fuzes. Its overall length is 6.35-in, diam ca 2-in and wt of Tetryl chge for booster 0.29-lb (Ref 51a, p 5-4)... [Pg.1011]

Note Specifications for various adapters are listed in the, Index of Specifications and Standards, Dept of the Army, Washington, DC, vol 2, Oct 1958, pp 1-2 Adapter Boosts , A device which consists of a bushing contg a booster charge, usually tetryl pellets. The adapter-booster is screwed deep into the nose or base plug of a bomb. The device is threaded on its protruding end to seat a standard nose or tail bomb fuze... [Pg.102]

Re/s l)Hayes(1938), 6O6 2)Ohatt (1946), 217 273 3)US Army Spec 50-16-3 (Re urrements and tests for adapter-boosters used in bombs)... [Pg.102]

Warhead. That portion of a rocket, guided missile or torpedo designated to contain the load which the vehicle is to deliver. The load may consist of HE s, atomic bomb, chemicals, instruments or inert materials, as well as booster, fuze(s), adaption kits, and/or burster. Excludes items which contain atomic weapon components (Ref 40a, p 143)... [Pg.753]

Electric Bomb Gaine, Instantaneous, length 5-3/8 depth 1-3/8 inches. Expl Train The Electric Blasting Cap fitted into hollowed-out cavity in the PA Booster. Leads from the cap ran up to a female plug which was attached by a special adapter to the standard Gaine body (p 199, Fig 148)... [Pg.477]

The Italian booster container used during WWII in bombs was either a long or short type. The long booster consisted of a tube 7.5 long and 1.3 external diam, closed at one end the short type was a similar tube 4.8 long and 1.3 ext diam. The long tube was screw -threaded at the open end to take an adapter and contained two. compressed blocks of TNT below the adapter the upper block was recessed to take a booster. The short booster was similar but contained a... [Pg.245]

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