Description
This is the instantaneous mechanical type fuze consisting: of a sheet metal case that contains a spring-loaded striker with a trip lever release. The free or upper end of the trip lever is supported by two coil springs which hold the bottom in a notch in the under side of the striker shaft. The pressure lever, which is hinged at one end to the lower part of the case, rests on the projection of the trip lever. A brass sleeve may be screwed into the center of the pressure lid to take an adjustable extension pressure rod. A standard adapter assembly containing a percussion cap - to receive a nonelectric blasting cap or time fuze - is screwed into the base of the fuze. A safety pin is inserted through the fuze case and the striker shaft.
This fuze is adaptable to use in improvised mines and boobytraps in buildings under floorboards, staircases, and furniture and in roads or paths under stones and debris. The adjustable extension pressure rod makes it usable with charges under railroad tracks.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
See Also
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Source(s)
TM 5-280, Foreign Mine Warfare Equipment (chg 1, 1971)
OP 1665, British Explosive Ordnance (1946)
