Artillery fuze
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An artillery fuze or fuse is the type of munition fuze used with artillery munitions, typically projectiles fired by guns, howitzers and mortars. A fuze is a device that initiates an explosive functio
Tightening of the fuse on a 105 mm howitzer round
British 'Boxer' wooden time fuze, 1870s, burned for maximum 9 seconds, adjusted by punching through applicable hole
Early British "direct action" nose impact fuze of 1900 with no safety or arming mechanism, relying on heavy direct physical impact to detonate
French point-detonating fuze of 1916 with inertia plunger and 1/10-second delay, used with heavy trench mortar bombs
Contact fuze
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A contact fuze, impact fuze, percussion fuze or direct-action fuze is the fuze that is placed in the nose of a bomb or shell so that it will detonate on contact with a hard surface.
Artillery fuze
…its contents, when its activation conditions are met. This action typically occurs a preset time after firing (time fuze), or on physical contact with (contact fuze) or detected proximity to the ground, a structure or other target (proximity fuze). Fuze, a variant of fuse, is the official NATO spelling. Munitions…
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