Fuze
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In military munitions, a fuze is the part of the device that initiates its function. In some applications, such as torpedoes, a fuze may be identified by function as the exploder. The relative complex
Wooden grenade fuse from the 17th Century, broken open vertically, with preserved delay charge.
Mk 53 Proximity fuze for an artillery shell, c. 1945
A modern multichannel radio remote detonator, in 2015.
The contact fuze of a G7a torpedo, a hybrid design using both impact and swing-arm inertial triggering.
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
Fuze
…device in series with a parallel arrangement of sensing fuzes for target destruction and a time fuze for self-destruction if no target is detected. Artillery fuze – Type of munition fuze used with artillery munitions Black match – Type of fuse made of cotton…
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