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SIGNALS,ILLUMINATION DOUBLE STAR WITH TRACER AN-M53A2;AN-M54A2;AN-M55A2;AN-M56A2;AN-M57A2;AN-M58A2 |
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Filler and Weight | ||
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| NA, 0 | |||
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| Aluminum, 0.32 lb | |||
| Color | |||
| Black markings, colored bands | |||
| Type of Round, DODIC | |||
| NA, 1370-L234 |
| Description: |
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| Double star signals with tracers are available in red-yellow with yellow tracer, red-red with green tracer, green-red with green tracer, green-green with red tracer,red-red with red tracer, and red-green with red tracer. The signals have a one-piece aluminum case with an extracting ring, and resemble a large shotgun shell. Three bands of colored letters (two bands of C's for the candles and one band of T's for the tracer) are marked on the forward end of the case to indicate the colors of the signal stars and of the tracer. Inside the signal case, the illuminant and tracer assembly is enclosed in an inner case. This assembly consists of a tracer charge and two star charges interconnected with quickmatch and a relay charge. AN-M53A2, Red-Yellow w/yellow tracer AN-M54A2, Red-Red w/green tracer AN-M55A2, Green-Red w/green tracer AN-M56A2, Green-Green wired tracer AN-M57A2, Red-Red wired tracer AN-M58A2, Red-Green wired tracer |
| Use: |
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| To signal from air-to-air, air-to-surface, surface-tosurface, and surface-to-air. |
| Functioning: |
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| The signals are fired from Pyrotechnic Pistol ANM8 or hand Pyrotechnic Projector N19. In either case, the firing pin strikes the primer igniting the propelling charge. The propelling charge expels the illuminant and tracer assembly from the signal case, at the same time igniting the igniter charge. The igniter charge, in turn, ignites the tracer charge. As the illuminant and tracer assembly approaches the peak of its trajectory, the final burning of the tracer charge ignites a quickmatch to ignite the relay charge. The relay charge serves the double function of expelling the two star charges from the inner case and of lighting the quickmatch which interconnects the two star charges. By the time the two star charges have reached the trajectory peak, the quickmatch has ignited the first-fire composition in each of the star charges and, in turn, the entire star charges are ignited. Burning time is 2.5 to 4 seconds for the tracer and 3 to 4.5 seconds for each star, depending upon. the compositions of the tracer and of the illuminant. |
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| Data Source: |
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| TM 43-0001-37 Jan 1994 |
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