British 3.7in HEAT rocket

[MINENAZ16]

Hello,
What is the 3.7" HE/AT rocket warhead with electric base fuze No.931 from 50s ?

 

[Antoon]

Maybe I am wrong, but do you mean the 94 mm (3.7-inch) LAW 80, introduced in 1987 instead of the 50s?

I have no info about the No. 931 fuze.

 

[TimG]

I think that's a typo and it's either 3" or 2.7". As far as I'm aware, the 3"RP didn't have a HEAT warhead. The 2.7" which is a 68mm SNEB, did. We, the UK, manufactured 68mm SNEB under licence and I suspect the 931 fuze was for our version of the HEAT rocket.

TimG

 

[TimG]

It transpires there was a hollow charge HE warhead for the 3" RP - Head HE, 12 lb, No. 1, Mk. 1. The fuze used was the No. 931.

Very briefly, there is a thermal initiator, the gases from which force a soft iron slug through an induction coil. The generated electrical charge is stored in a capacitor. There is a contact switch on the warhead, no further details. On impact the switch is closed and the circuit completed with the capacitor discharging through the detonator.

TimG

 

[kz11gr]

Maybe I am wrong, but do you mean the 94 mm (3.7-inch) LAW 80, introduced in 1987 instead of the 50s?

I have no info about the No. 931 fuze.

 

[kz11gr]

Nothing for 1950s, only 1987.

LAW 80 94mm Rocket Question

Hello Folks, Does anyone have photo of a spent, cutaway or display Law 80 rocket ? Images of them are hard to come by

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[MINENAZ16]

Thank you TimG. So a rare 3in HEAT warhead with No 931 fuze (so maybe a typo in the British list of fuzes).
Thanks for the interest guys, but the question is not about LAW80.
(94mm LAW80 pamphlet No14 here : https://archive.org/details/pamphlet-no.-14-94mm-law-80/page/n1/mode/2up)

 

[Antoon]

The 3-inch aircraft rocket mentioned in Air Publication 2802A from 1951 is the: Shell H.E. 60 lb., G.P. (hollow charge), rocket, aircraft, 3 in, No.1, Mk 1.
The fuze is the nose fuze No. 893 Mk 1.

In the Air Publication 2802A from 1971 is mentioned in the index also a Head, HEAT (hollow charge), Type 23. But deleted. So no info available.

 

[Antoon]

Found some information about the type 23 warhead. It is one of the warheads belonging to the 68 mm FFAR SNEB F1 Rocket.
But still not a HEAT rocket with a No. 391 base fuze.

 

[MINENAZ16]