The Mark 6 exploder was a United States Navy torpedo exploder developed in the 1920s. It was the standard exploder of the Navy's Mark 14 torpedo and Mark 15 torpedo.
Mark 6 exploder. This version apparently does not have a voltage regulator.
A failed 1926 test shot.
Defective, inadequately tested Mark 6 Mod 1 exploder used early in the war. In September 1943, it was replaced with the Mark 6 Mod 5.
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 complexity of even the earliest fuze designs can be seen in cutaway diagrams.
Mk 53 Proximity fuze for an artillery shell, c. 1945
SD2 Butterfly bomb c. 1940 - wings rotate as bomb falls, unscrewing the arming spindle connected to the fuze
Avro Lancaster at RAF Metheringham. Note the "Fuzed" status, chalked on the nose of each bomb
Cross-sectional views of QF 2-pounder naval gun shells, showing percussion fuzes.