Description
Body construction: Cast-steel nose and tail pieces are threaded onto a tubular steel body. The only difference in construction is that in the Mk 5 Mods 1 and 2. 23 rings cut from seamless tubing are fitted around the tubular body, while on the Mk 5 Mod 3, a steel wire is helically wound left-handed, the adjacent surfaces of wire being parallel.
Suspension: Horizontal suspension is provided by a single eyebolt which is screwed into a ring at the center of the body.
Color and markings: Yellow over .all or grey with yellow disc on body.
Tail construction: Four sheet-steel vanes are welded to the tail cone, which is secured to the base plug by a single bolt.
Hazardous Components
Fuzing: Nose Mk 5 Mods 2 and 3; AN-Mk 219; Army Fuzes Mk 5 Mods 0 and 1; and Mk XIV.
See Also
Nothing else to see.
Source(s)
OP 1664, Volume 2 - US Explosive Ordnance (1947)
USNBD - Bombs and Fuzes, Pyrotechnics (1945)
