Intro to Time Fuzes

Question 1

Time fuzes are designed to___

Answer 1

function after a predetermined time in flight

Question 2

What are the three type of time fuzes?

Answer 2

Combustion (T) - Powder Train Time Fuze (PTTF)
Mechanical (MT)
Electronic (ET)

Question 3

What are the 4 mechanisms found in mechanical fuzes?

Answer 3

Thiel
Junghans
Tavaro
Dixi

Question 4

What is an electronic fuze?

Answer 4

They use electronic components to replace mechanical ones. There are still some mechanical safety components but the use of electronics has reduced the cost of timed fuzes and help achieve a more multi-role fuze function