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Mk. XIV (Nose-Impact Fuze)
The Mk. XIV was small, pre-WW2, US Army, mechanical, wind vane-armed, nose impact fuze. The Mk. XIV is known to have been used with various small bombs, which has included: the M5 30 lb fragmentation; Mk. 5 30 lb fragmentation series; M1 30 lb chemical; and Mk. I 50 lb demonstration. The Mk. XIV itself was inert, containing no energetic components. To initiate a bomb, the fuze was used in conjunction with a primer detonator and an adapter-b...
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