Ram-Jet Engine Igniter Ml 14 45-Second

Igniter compns used in conjunction with tracer compns (TC) are designed to have much lower ignition temps and produce very little gas. This latter feature makes them much less luminous than the TC s. If practically no luminosity is developed the compn is known as a dim igniter composition  

Following are some ICT s used in US for igniting Standard Red Tracer M2, which consists of Mg (coated with 1.5% linseed oil) 

Simple Primers consist of a housing (brass or copper cup) contg a primary mixture and parts, such as an anvil, or electrical bridge. They are used for igniting small arms proplnts by flash. For their description and cutaway views see next item (b) 

Description of primer-igniters is given under item (c) in Section 3, Part D 

These primers can be used not only in small arms but also in some pyrotechnic devices and fuzes. All simple primers are small in size, 0.21 to 0.31 inch in diam and 0.12 to 0.23 inches long for rifle ammunition and slightly Smaller for carbines. They contain only one small charge of primary expl or a mixture which must have sufficient sensitivity to be initiated either by the crushing or stab action of a firing pin 

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