Critical Item Development Specification for Delay Detonator Percussion Initiated; NWC xxx/2
Quantico, VA: Marine Corps Research, Development and Acquisition Command, Mobility and Logistics Division, 1987. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. Cover plus 14 numbered pages. Figures. Tables. Ink notation at bottom of front cover. Distribution notice on front cover is understood to no longer apply do to the passage of time and advancement of technology. This is a subsystem of the CATFAE. CATFAE stands for Catapult Launched Fuel-Air Explosive which is a land mine countermeasure. Prime Item Development Specifications is also known by the acronym PIDS. This document addresses military specification, Military standards, other relevant publications. It proves a general description of this all-up fuel-air explosive munition. It addresses ballistic dispersion, and launch velocity. It presents its physical characteristics and components and assemblies. The delay detonator is a pyrotechnic delay device that is initiated by a percussion type firing pin and has an explosive output suitable for initiating explosive trains. The detonator was to withstand a five foot drop while remaining safe an with no explosive element burned or detonated. More
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