Modified M530A1 Fuze for Short-Range Man-Portable Antitank Weapons Technology (SMAWT)

Abstract

The report describes the status of a program to modify the M530A1 Fuze for use with SMAWT warheads. Principal modifications consist of providing a second environmental sensor to satisfy requirements of MIL-STD-1316A, and providing crush switch initiation (rather than piezoelectric initiation) to improve reliability on impact with nonconventional armor. This work has been extremely successful; thirty-five modified M530A1 fuzes have been tested for arming and for impact function in the MICOM rocket delivery system, with all units functioning properly.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0768093

Entities

People

  • Louis Richmond

Organizations

  • Harry Diamond Laboratories

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Guns
  • Ammunition
  • Anti-Tank Weapons
  • Circuits
  • Detonators
  • Drag
  • Electric Detonators
  • Explosive Trains
  • Explosives
  • Fabrication
  • Fail Safe
  • Logic Gates
  • Manufacturing
  • Mathematical Models
  • Power Supplies
  • Projectiles
  • Weapons

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