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For first model of Caltech 4.5” barrage rocket; modified army M52 point-detonating fuze. 3.95” long, steel and aluminum. Stamped 2706. 6000 were manufactured between Aug.-Dec., 1942. Replaced in early 1943 by AIR-2 (Mk137). 1942
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