Training set for bomb detonator installation?
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With nothing in the picture to scale it's size by, it's hard to say for sure.
But the big ring could represent the fuse well in the nose of the bomb, the booster simulator screws into that, then the fuse simulator screws into that.
I was a USAF munitions specialist in the late 60's, we did have dummy (inert) boosters and fuses, but they looked like the real thing,
But that could be from another countries munitions, but I've never seen anything like it.
When I went thru munitions school we practiced with inert components, full size, but other countries might have done it different.
But the big ring could represent the fuse well in the nose of the bomb, the booster simulator screws into that, then the fuse simulator screws into that.
I was a USAF munitions specialist in the late 60's, we did have dummy (inert) boosters and fuses, but they looked like the real thing,
But that could be from another countries munitions, but I've never seen anything like it.
When I went thru munitions school we practiced with inert components, full size, but other countries might have done it different.
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Barnie65
Airman
Thanks for theinformatin
I took some photos with a scale, the numbers are in centimeters.
The person who sold it to me claimed it was for US bombs to ignite and to set the detonators
I took some photos with a scale, the numbers are in centimeters.
The person who sold it to me claimed it was for US bombs to ignite and to set the detonators
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Your pictures show a 3 piece set.
One shows the biggest part with threads on it's outside perimeter. The others show it as smooth on the outside perimeter.
Whatever it is it seems to be the diameter of the booster well in 250-2000 lb low drag bombs, Vietnam era.
The 2 holes in the biggest ring, and the second piece has notches that might fit a special spanner wrench that fit in those holes and notches.
You screwed the booster in the fuse well with the spanner wrench tight, and the screwed the fuse into that tight, no torque wrench, there was no adjusting.
That may be a tool from a earlier era than I'm familiar with.
Or could be more recent.
We still could use WW2 era fuses, and boosters, in Vietnam era munitions.
I just don't see any practical use for it.
One shows the biggest part with threads on it's outside perimeter. The others show it as smooth on the outside perimeter.
Whatever it is it seems to be the diameter of the booster well in 250-2000 lb low drag bombs, Vietnam era.
The 2 holes in the biggest ring, and the second piece has notches that might fit a special spanner wrench that fit in those holes and notches.
You screwed the booster in the fuse well with the spanner wrench tight, and the screwed the fuse into that tight, no torque wrench, there was no adjusting.
That may be a tool from a earlier era than I'm familiar with.
Or could be more recent.
We still could use WW2 era fuses, and boosters, in Vietnam era munitions.
I just don't see any practical use for it.
That looks to me more like a dummy (inert) artillery shell fuse, something big like a155mm
That would be behind the nose cap to set the shell off on ground contact if the timer didn't work for a air burst, used before proximity shells were common.
This is just a guess.
I was also worked in Army munitions in Germany 72-73.
But I never went to a Army munitions school, the army thought my USAF munitions training was good enough that I could do my job safely, and the rest I could learn OJT.
I never got a good in depth knowledge of all the Army's grand array of munitions , like I did the Air Force's.
That would be behind the nose cap to set the shell off on ground contact if the timer didn't work for a air burst, used before proximity shells were common.
This is just a guess.
I was also worked in Army munitions in Germany 72-73.
But I never went to a Army munitions school, the army thought my USAF munitions training was good enough that I could do my job safely, and the rest I could learn OJT.
I never got a good in depth knowledge of all the Army's grand array of munitions , like I did the Air Force's.
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Barnie65
Airman
I only have a TM about ammunition and bombs in PDF and also printed it out, unfortunately there are never any accessories or tools that you would need.
Anyway, you helped me, thank you
Anyway, you helped me, thank you
tc464
Recruit
These components look like fuze adapters or adapter booster components. These parts allowed smaller diameter fuzes to be installed in bombs that had larger fuze wells, like the M117 750 lb bomb. Some examples can be found here -
