Description
The Nose Impact or Electrical Firing Fuze Mk 232 Mod 1 is a bomb nose fuze of the arming-vane type, requiring little air travel to arm. It may be initiated by an electrical impulse or impact on a hard surface, detonating instantaneously. The fuze has an electric semicap which, when fired by an impulse, blows through a hole leading to the detonator and sets it off. For electrical firing as well as impact, the fuze must first be armed, allowing the detonator slider to move over into a position where the detonator can be initiated by either the tiring pin or the explosion of the semi-cap.
The fuze will not function on impact with water, but must strike a hard surface in order to strip the striker-housing threads.
No attempt should be made to unarm this fuze by rotating the vanes backward.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
Hazardous Components
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See Also
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Source(s)
OP 1664, Volume 2 - US Explosive Ordnance (1947)
USNBD - Bombs and Fuzes, Pyrotechnics (1945)
