ID Dropped Fuze Flashcards
- What are the types of Dropped fuze?
Impact, Impact Inertia, Clock Work, Mechanical Time, ET, VT, Electronic
- What are the key ID features of Impact fuze?
May have Plunger
Nose fuze only
Lightweight metal
- Safety Impact and Impact inertia fuze
HE FRAG MOVE
- What are the key ID features of Impact inertia fuze?
Cylindrical
Will have means to connect arming vane adapter
Tail fuze only
- What are the key ID features of Clockwork?
Cylindrical
6 inch long
Tail fuze only
End of fuze looks like letter C
- Safety Clockwork
HE FRAG MOVE C/S CW
- What are the key ID features of Mechanical time?
May have glass window to ID time setting
Arming vanes
Can be used with all bombs and dispensers, set prior to or during flight
- Safety MT
HE FRAG MOVE C/S
- Safety Electronic Time?
HE FRAG MOVE C/S EMR STATIC 24HRWT
- What are the key ID features of VT?
Combination of lightweight metal and plastic
Internal battery
Reaches a predetermined height and then detonates
- Safety VT
HE FRAG MOVE VT EMR STATIC 24HRWT
ID features of ET
Internal fuze on bombs May have pop out pin Difficult to use Used with newer bombs (GPNS, GPLD) May have program port
ID for Electronic
Found on Destructor Only
Electronic Safeties
HE FRAG MOVE EMR STATIC MAG SEISMIC WT (Destructor 8)