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AD, Mk 54 Mod 0-1

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Description

This fuze is exactly like the Auxiliary Detonating Fuze Mk 46, except that this fuze has a lead azide rather than fulminate of mercury detonator, and also a pointed firing pin instead of a blunt one.

The Mod 1 has an aluminum instead of a steel body, as the Mod 0 has.

Functioning

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Hazardous Components

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Source(s)

OP 1664, Volume 1 - US Explosive Ordnance (1947)