U.S. Army Material Command (AMC) AMCP 706-210 — FUZES - Engineering Design Handbook AMCP 706-210 (U.S. Army) PDF Download (EN)

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1-3.3 BOMBS 1-4 REQUIREMENTS Fig. 1-42 illustrates a typical bomb with its main parts. Fins provide stability in flight. In addition to performing the basic functions The body contains the high explosive; fuzes of safing, arming, and firing, fuzes having high may b? located in the nose, the tail, or the side. usage rates should be designed so as to be 1.3