Figure 8-6.--Modified Mk 12 Mod 2 cutter assembly.
The cutter assembly is actuated by a mine mooring
drives the cutter punch forward at high speed, causing
striking the trip pin, which releases the spring-operated
the cutter punch to cut the mine mooring and also to
shear the anvil screw, which separates the anvil from the
firing plunger. The plunger transmits its motion to the
cutter body assembly. When the anvil drops away, the
rocker arm, which causes the firing pin to strike the
way is cleared for succeeding moorings to be cut by the
cartridge primer, firing the Mk 192 cartridge. This
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