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Japanese Sea Marker, Cardboard Type

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1397-117a

Description

Aluminum color. Japanese inscription printed on a paper label which is glued to the body of the marker. (Instructions for operation of marker.)

A hollow-steel nose piece is secured to a paper body by a strip of adhesive tape. The body is reinforced by cardboard strips. A cardboard tail cone is fastened to the body by adhesive tape. Four cardboard fins are glued to the tail cone. Situated in the hollow section of the steel nose piece is a wooden cylinder 1 7/16  inches in diameter. Fastened to this cylinder is a small wooden disk the same diameter as the inside of the body. Located between this nose disk and the wooden disk in the tail is a connecting wooden pin 4 3/4 inches long.

Hazardous Components

Filler - Aluminum powder, containing 6.5 percent zinc. (1 lb, 0.45 kg)

See Also

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Source(s)

TM 9-1985-4, Japanese Explosive Ordnance (Bombs, Bomb Fuzes, Land Mines, Grenades, Firing Devices and Sabotage Devices) (1953)

OP 1667, Japanese Explosive Ordnance, Volume 1 (1946)