Air-to-ground target-marking device

Claim 1

An air-to-ground target marking device which comprises in combination a hollow cylinder; an ejection fuze assembly secured to one end of said cylinder and sealed therein by means of a weather cap; a sabot fitted along a portion of the inner wall of said cylinder upon which the base of said ejection fuze rests; a proximity fuze positioned within said sabot adjacent said ejection fuze; said sabot being friction fitted around said proximity fuze; said proximity fuze being provided with a bore rider on one side over which said sabot fits and an externally threaded hollow cup-shaped housing positioned in the center base of said fuze; said housing having mounted therein an electrical detonator connected to said fuze and a booster pellet positioned adjacent said detonator; a bomblet positioned adjacent said proximity fuze and secured at its forward end to said hollow cup-shaped housing; said bomblet comprising a container provided with externally scored walls and having a burster column extending centrally therethrough, a support post on the bottom of said container, and an oxyluminescent material substantially filling said container; said burster column comprising a metal tube substantially filled with high explosive pellets and adapted to be actuated by said detonator; a parachute attached by suitable means to said support post and filling the remainder of said cylinder; and an end cap closing said cylinder; said parachute being provided with a pull wire which is connected to said sabot whereby upon release of said parachute said pull wire operates to separate said sabot which falls free causing said bore rider to open which acts to initiate said burster pellets thereby creating sufficient gas pressure to cause rupture of said bomblet container thereby disseminating said oxyluminescent material.