11 Facts About Artillery fuze

1.

However, while the Boxer time Artillery fuze was a great advance various problems had to be dealt with over the following years.

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2.

Armstrong's time Artillery fuze designs evolved rapidly, in 1867 the F pattern was introduced, this was the first 'time and percussion' Artillery fuze.

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3.

The base of the Artillery fuze is screwed into a recess, and its nose is designed to conform to the shape of the shell's ogive.

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4.

Some older types of Artillery fuze had safety features such as pins or caps removed by the user before loading the shell into the breach.

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5.

Different Artillery fuze designs have different safety and arming mechanisms that use the two forces in various ways.

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6.

Time delay of a time Artillery fuze is usually calculated as part of the technical fire control calculations, and not done at the gun although armies have differed in their arrangements.

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7.

Benefits of a Artillery fuze that functioned when it detected a target in proximity are obvious, particularly for use against aircraft.

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8.

The first such Artillery fuze seems to have been developed by the British in the 1930s for use with their anti-aircraft 'unrotated projectiles' – rockets.

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9.

Mechanical distance Artillery fuze has had little use, Thompson's pattern was trialled by the British but did not enter service.

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10.

Field artillery used manual time fuze setting, at its simplest this uses a hand 'key' or wrench to turn the fuze nose to the required setting.

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11.

British No 106E Mk 4 Direct Action percussion Artillery fuze introduced in the middle of World War 1 and used with HE and Smoke showing the safety and arming sequence.

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