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2.25in type 200
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Weasel Pilot
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Does anyone have anything on the dispenser this fit in? As a ECM geek I find this very interesting. The only Brit chaff dispensers I'm familiar with used bulk dispensers with chaff packets rather than cartridges. Was this perhaps for shipboard (vs airborne) use? Being in an "AP" manual. I would think RAF...
The white zigzag around the case denotes this as a "Radar Echo" store, the term subsequently changed to "Countermeasure"
@Weasel Pilot
You are quite correct, the "A.P." denotes it being an RAF store.
It was used on the Avro Vulcan and possibly other big aircraft for creating "Rapid Blooming Window" also used with the 2.25" Type 400 Infra Red Decoy flare - basically the same cartridge but expels a large MTV pellet.
You might want to read this - https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/docume...als/Journal-28-Seminar-Electronic-Warfare.pdf
The images are hopefully is self explanatory. For further info see https://www.avialogs.com/aircraft-a...-electrical-installation-part2-chapters-13-24
TimG
@Weasel Pilot
You are quite correct, the "A.P." denotes it being an RAF store.
It was used on the Avro Vulcan and possibly other big aircraft for creating "Rapid Blooming Window" also used with the 2.25" Type 400 Infra Red Decoy flare - basically the same cartridge but expels a large MTV pellet.
You might want to read this - https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/docume...als/Journal-28-Seminar-Electronic-Warfare.pdf
The images are hopefully is self explanatory. For further info see https://www.avialogs.com/aircraft-a...-electrical-installation-part2-chapters-13-24
TimG