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  • munitions, a fuze (sometimes fuse) is the part of the device that initiates its function. In some applications, such as torpedoes, a fuze may be identified...
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    An artillery fuze or fuse is the type of munition fuze used with artillery munitions, typically projectiles fired by guns (field, anti-aircraft, coast...
    35 KB (5,041 words) - 13:32, 25 September 2024
  • A delay-action bomb is an aerial bomb designed to explode some time after impact, with the bomb's fuzes set to delay the explosion for times ranging from...
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  • A contact fuze, impact fuze, percussion fuze or direct-action (D.A.) fuze (UK) is the fuze that is placed in the nose of a bomb or shell so that it will...
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    general-purpose bombs, these fuzes were primarily designed to operate as chemical long-delay fuzes, with the following delay times: 1, 2, 6, 12, 24, 36...
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    M1 mortar (section Fuzes)
    105 mm howitzer. Equipped with M45 (super quick/delay action selective) or M53 (delay action only) P.D. fuze. M56 heavy HE: 10.77 lb (4.86 kg); HE filling...
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    A proximity fuze (also VT fuze or "variable time fuze") is a fuze that detonates an explosive device automatically when it approaches within a certain...
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    (115 ft) from the standing position by the average male soldier. Its fuze delays detonation between 4 and 5 seconds after the spoon is released. Steel...
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  • the M33, using the M217 electrical impact fuse in place of the normal delay fuze. At an unknown time the M33A1 was redesignated as the M59. There should...
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    The M734 multi-option fuze is a rangefinder and collision detection system used on 60 mm, 81 mm, and 120 mm mortar shells as a trigger to detonate the...
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    under license by Kongsberg) detonates inside the target ship by using a delay fuze. The MK3, when launched from high altitudes, can initially act as a glidebomb...
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    fragments through 360°" on detonation. It works on a 4.5–5.5 second time-delay fuze, with an explosive composition mass of 30 g (1.1 oz) of RDX and 32 g (1...
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    released, allowing the striker to trigger a primer that ignites a fuze (sometimes called the delay element), which burns down to the detonator and explodes the...
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    Engineering Center (ARDEC) began development of a 40 mm smart airburst fuze (proximity fuze) in 2011 to improve the ability of grenade launchers like the M203...
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    TM-62 (section Fuzes)
    a fabric and epoxy casing and a central fuze. MVZ-62 MVCh-62, the standard fuze with a clockwork arming delay of 30 to 120 seconds. MVN-62 MVN-72, with...
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    particular switch setting of any type 41 fuze is clearly visible on its exterior. 67 fuze – clockwork time delay. Time of detonation can be set between...
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    47 long delay fuzes were fitted inside the rear of the bomb. This dramatically improved reliability of the weapon; even if two of the fuzes failed, the...
    39 KB (4,520 words) - 03:49, 22 October 2024
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    SC250 bomb (section Fuzes)
    (less than 1 second), or for a 17-second delay. Type 17 electric clockwork fuze. This was a time-delay fuze; the Type 17 and 17A could be set for any...
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    targets" (HDBT) such as hardened underground bunkers, then a variable delay fuze to control detonation of the main warhead. The missile weighs about 1...
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    Soldier of Fortune (magazine) that implied UZRGM fuze variants are available in versions which give delays between zero (i.e., instantaneous, specifically...
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