AIR-6 fuze

1944

Title
AIR-6 fuze
Collection
Caltech Images Collection
Series
Scientific Instrument Photographs
Identifier
ST-RK-6
Dates
1944
Extents
1 photographs (negative)
Abstract
For fast-burning, short-range 4.5-inch barrage rocket. 4.2″ long. Steel and brass, with Bakelite propeller. Since the fast-burning, short-range 4.5-inch barrage rocket was not standardized, this fuze was not standardized for production. 1,200 were manufactured by Caltech and delvered to Army Ordnance in June, 1944, for tests in a demolition rocket.
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