Description
These shells are of identical construction, differing only in the nature of the filling. The shell body consists of a metal cylinder welded to a closing plate at the nose end and to a tail plate at the rear. The closing plate is internally threaded to receive the fuze adapter, and a spigot is welded into the central opening in the base plate. This spigot is externally threaded to screw into the rocket motor and threaded internally to receive a tapered filling plug. For better ballistic qualities, a sheet steel nose fairing is fitted over the nose fuze, which protrudes through a central opening in the fairing. The fairing is held in place by a metal circlip around the outside of the fuze body.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
See Also
Bomb, Incendiary, 5 inch, Mk 1/L
Source(s)
OP 1665, British Explosive Ordnance (1946)
