Bomb Burster, AN

Bomb Burster, AN-M13., designed for use (in conjunction with igniter AN-M9) in incendiary bomb AN-M47A4, consists of a plastic tube 0.45-inches in diam, 36.0-in long, provided at each end with a soft brass cup. It is filled with ca 65 g of TNT and has a Tetryl pellet at each end (Ref 51a, P 5-15)... 

Its filling consists of ca 42-lb PT1, IM or NP and bursters AN-M12 or AN-M13, all shipped separately from the bomb. Arming wire used with this bomb... 

A burster well, which is a metal tube closed at one end, extends the full length of the bomb, is filled with an explosive. For the bomb filled with PWP the Burster AN-M20 is used, while for the WP bomb the Burster AN-M18 is used. A threaded hole in the nose end of the bomb receives the AN-M159 fuze or its alternate AN-M126A1. Two... 

Bomb Burster M31 consists of a cylindrical fiber body 1.44-inches in diam 7.0-in long filled with 250 g of Tetryl. One end of the body is closed by a plastic cap, while the other end by a paper disc. This burster is an integral part of nonpersistent gas bombs M125 M125A1, and is installed in the bombs during their manuf (Ref 5 la, p 5-19)... 

Bomb Burster. t 32, consists of an impregnated moisture-vaporproof fiber cylinder, 3. 42-inches in diam and 32.5-in long filled with 15.0g of Comp B. Both ends are closed with metallic caps with shock-absorbent material cemented to them. This burster is designed to burst the body and disperse the filler of 750-lb nonpersistent gas bomb MC-1 (Ref 51a, p 5-20)... 

Bomb Igniter, AN-M9, shown in Fig 5-13, consists of two concentric steel tubes joined at both ends to form an annular space which is filled with 1.6-lb of WP for land bombing or Na for water bombing. Outside diam is 1.25-inches, inside diam 0.88-in and overall length 38.34-in. The inner tube, which is ca 1.25-in shorter than the outer tube, contains a small coil spring for snubbing inserted bomb burster Ml3 (Ref 51a, p5-21)... 

The complete round consists of a bomb body, incendiary filling, a burster, a fuze, and an arming wire... 

Type 3 No 6 Mk 27 Rocket Bomb Model 1 was fin-stabilized, aircraft-launched, designed for use against formations of large enemy planes. It was cylindrical in shape with conical nose section which contd a Fuze, a Burster Charge and an Incendiary Shrapnel, consisting of WP (White Phosphorus) filled steel pellets. 

Molten mixt of TeNA/DNB(l 2) 20 AN 80% Trauzl test 360cc e)Molten mixt TeNA/DNB (1 2.5) 12 AN 88% Trauzl test 500cc f) TeNA 35 AN 65% and g)TeNA 50, K nitrate 10 Ba nitrate 40%. Bradley (Ref 2) proposed the mixt TeNA 95 paraffin 5% for use as burster chges in shells, bombs mines and as a booster charge. Colver(Ref 3) lists the following TeNA blasting expls a)TeNA 13, AN 81 charcoal 6% and b)... 

SAL-X Powder Mixtures. Mixts of sulfur and aluminum. Work on these mixts was undertaken during WWII during the development of the M-69 Incendiary Bomb. One lb of a mixt contg 75% Al, compressed at lOOOOpsi with a Tetryl burster, was stated to yield an expl pressure some 30% greater than an equal wt of TNT. The concn of S02 resulting from the functioning of some SAL-X mixts resulted in marked antipersonnel effects Ref A.E, Gaul L. Finkelstein, History of R D in the CWS in WWII , Vol 18, Pt 3 (Jan 1952), 103... 

When a chemical shell is fired and strikes the ground, a sensitive fuse— usually in the nose of the shell—detonates. The shock wave causes an explosive inside the shell to detonate. For a chemical weapon, this is a small burster charge in a pipe or tube in the middle of the shell, designed to just open the shell up or clamshell it. Open to the air and splashed about, the liquid agent then vaporizes, aided by the heat of the explosion. For a high-explosive shell, the explosive charge is the entire cavity of the shell or bomb, except for shrapnel balls that may line some shells. 

A much more suitable rocket, from the viewpoint of quantity of filling, was an 8-inch missile that the service devised by adding a rocket motor to the tail of the Ordnance AN-M30 30-pound bomb. Loaded with PT fuel, this rocket could range up to 600 yards. When it landed a burster igniter broke open the casing and scattered burning fuel over a radius of sixty yards. 

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