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M904
The M904 is a US-developed, mechanical, nose-mounted, impact-initiated, aerial bomb fuze. Operation The fuze is armed by air pressure, which causes arming veins to rotate and align the striker body with an M9 delay element. Once the bomb is released from the aircraft and the fuze armed, impact with the target drives the striker body and firing pin into the M9 delay element. After the pre-set delay period (of 2-18 s), the M9 ignites the deto...
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