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This Handbook is intended to provide useful information on the application of AS5716A. It is for use by System Program Offices, aircraft prime contractors, avionics and store system designers, system integrators and equipment manufacturers and users. This Handbook was prepared to provide users of the standard of the rationale and principles considered during the development of the standard. It is anticipated that the handbook will serve to assist developers in introducing new technology to achieve compliance with the standard and the underlying principles of the standard. It is intended that the Handbook be used alongside the standard, as it does not contain significant extracts of the standard.

This interface standard applies to fuzes used in airborne weapons that use a 3-Inch Fuze Well. It defines: a Physical envelope of the fuze well at the interface with the fuze. b Load bearing surfaces of the fuze well. c Physical envelope of the fuze and its connector. d Mechanical features (e.g. clocking feature). e Connector type, size, location and orientation. f Retaining ring and its mechanical features (e.g. thread, tool interface). g Physical envelope of the retaining ring at the interface with the fuze. h Physical space available for installation tools. i Torque that the installation tool shall be capable of providing. This standard does not address: j Materials used or their properties. k Protective finish. l Physical environment of the weapon. m Explosive interface or features (e.g. insensitive munitions (IM) mitigation). n Charging tube. o Torque on the retaining ring or loads on the load bearing surfaces.