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M717
#WIP FUZES
Region
United States
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Armament 60 mm HE mortar bombs. Development By US Army Ordnance. Description The M717 is a super-quick impact fuze. The aluminium fuze head contains a spring-loaded striker and firing pin. A spring-loaded cylindrical slider, mounted transversely in the aluminium fuze body, contains the detonator and is equipped with an O-ring pressure seal. Inbore safety is provided by a spring-loaded bore riding pin that locks the slider. A pull wire restrains the setback pin (not shown in illustration) which locks the bore
riding pin. Tape and a plastic disc protect the metering orifice. The fuze base contains a tetryl booster lead charge. A cup containing a tetryl booster pellet is threaded to the base.