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Bomb Tail Adapter-Booster

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]

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