- 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...
- An
artillery fuze or fuse is the type of
munition fuze used with
artillery munitions,
typically projectiles fired by guns (field, anti-aircraft, coast...
-
metal anti-tank
blast mines. The use a
variety of
fuzes, a M61 pressure/
friction fuze, a "tentacle"
fuze with four
hoses that
triggers the mine when two...
- with PETN, a
rifled driving band, a nose
impact fuze, a
friction igniter, and a time
fuze. The
fuze and base ****emblies are not
integral parts of the...
- two sub-groups were developed:
friction-ignitors
where a cord is
pulled or a cap is
twisted to
ignite the delay-
fuze like on the
German Stielhandgranate;...
-
through the
fuze setter.
Later versions introduced induction fuze setting and
testing instead of
physically placing a
fuze setter on the
fuze. The latest...
- term
fuze refers to the
detonator of an
explosive round or s****. The
spelling is
different in
British English and
American English (fuse/
fuze respectively)...
- the mine to
collapse downwards,
forcing one or both of the
fuze's plungers into a
friction sensitive explosive,
triggering the main charge. It is found...
- larger 5⁄8-inch (16 mm)
fuze well
capable of
accepting either the M215
delay fuze or the M217
impact fuze.[ The M215
delay fuze is
functionally interchangeable...
- detector. The
fuze mechanism is
designed to set off the detonator,
either by
striking it with a spring-loaded
firing pin,
compressing a
friction sensitive...
