Description
This fuze is a 0.05-second delay fuze manufactured by modifying the Mk Ill Fuze. This fuze is designed to serve as a companion fuze to the M46, the ballistic characteristics of the two fuzes being similar.
Externally, this fuze is identical with the PD Fuze M46 except for the marking. The stamping in the body of the fuze naturally differ with types and lots. In addition, the head of the M47 Fuze is painted black. The mechanisms of the two fuzes are alike except that, for the M47 Fuze, a delay element is inserted in the central channel at the rear of the body. This delay element consists of a primer striker, a primer, a delay pellet of compressed black powder designed to burn for 0.05 second, and a relay pellet of lead azide.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
See Also
PD, Mk 3
Source(s)
MIL-HDBK-146, Fuze Catalog (1982)
TM 9-1385-51, Ammunition (Conventional) for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (1967)
TM 9-1904, Ammunition Inspection Guide (1944)
