- 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...
- 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 uses an NR 26
friction pressure fuze with a
sheer collar designed to give way at a load of 350 kg. Two
secondary fuze wells for anti-handling...
- anti-personnel
blast mine. The mine uses a
pressure fuze that
works by
driving a
firing pin
through a
friction sensitive compound (a
mixture of Red Phosphorus...
- 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...
- 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;...
- (by the victim's foot)
forces it
downwards into the main
fuze body,
which ignites a
friction-sensitive
pyrotechnic composition. The
burning pyrotechnic...
