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This bomb is an air to surface munition, hexagonal in cross section with a hollow magnesium body which contains incendiary charge. The nose end is closed with solid iron so that it falls nose downward and penetrates a target without crumpling. Three vent holes in the body permit combustion products from the filling vent without bursting the body. The major components of the bomb are body, filler, safety plunger, fin assembly, tail plunger, iron nose, holder and firing assemblies.
The tail fin assembly has retractable fins in a hollow steel fin body. The fins extend through longitudinal slots in the fin body and can be retracted by pressing a spring-loaded tail plunger at the rear of the bomb. Upon release from the cluster, the tail fins are extended by springs and the safety plunger is forced outward arming the bomb. The bomb explodes upon impact as inertia causes the firing pin to strike the primer. The primer ignites the first fire mix, which ignites the filling, which ignites the magnesium body and releases the filling.
Loaded in the M 36 Cluster.
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