Mechanical Action Fuzes Flashcards

1
Q

What are the types of physical safety blocks?

A

Positive safety - designed to prevent final initiating action. Added by bomb tech

Organic safety - designed to prevent initiating action. A designed part of the device

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2
Q

What is normally open and normally closed?

A

The normal state of rest for a switch with no outside influence

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3
Q

What is a Safe Arm/Separation Switch?

A

A switch which allows for a person to safely set the device and arm it without being there or disturbing the device

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4
Q

What is the Arming/Functioning Switch?

A

Is a switch which actually functions the device (does the work)

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5
Q

What will cause an Electromagnetic relay to function?

A

Anti-Disturbance (Weak Coil)

Battery Decay (Collapsing Circuit)

Cutting a coil wire or taking out the coil battery

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6
Q

What is the best description of a tripwire?

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A tripwire is nothing more than an extension of a switch/fuze

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7
Q

What should you do when dealing with tripwires?

A

Trace both ends of the wire before cutting

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8
Q

What indicates a membrane or tin foil switch?

A

Two wires going to nowhere

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9
Q

What is an Anti-Disturbance switch?

A

A mechanism used to sense any movement to function the firing train, this is the most hazardous to a Bomb Technician

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10
Q

What improvised switches use a taut tripwire?

A

A clothespin or mousetrap

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11
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How does a barometric switch operate?

A

By a change in atmospheric pressure

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12
Q

What type of switch could a bomber use as an anti-disturbance switch?

A

Vibratory, tilt, ball, mercury

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13
Q

What causes a bi-metal switch to function?

A

Changes in temperature

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14
Q

What two ways can a mousetrap fuze be used in a hazardous device?

A

Electrical circuit using striker as contact. Percussion type using striker as firing pin.

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15
Q

What mechanical type by function is considered to be the most hazardous?

A

Anti-disturbance

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16
Q

What is normally employed in a circuit containing a trembler or vibratory switch to provide an arming delay?

A

A clock or timer

17
Q

What could prevent a clock from not functioning a device?

A

Paint or coating on the hands, lack of power or forgetting to wind the clock

18
Q

What is the maximum delay using the minute hand on a clock? Using the hour hand on a clock?

A

59 minutes
11 hours 59 minutes

19
Q

Why is it important that the screw does not come in contact with the face of the clock when using the clock hand method to fire a device?

A

If the screw comes in contact with the face of the clock, the firing circuit would be completed

20
Q

When using the clock hand method, how is the time delay changed from minutes to hours?

A

By removing the minute hand

21
Q

Why do many clock devices misfire?

A

The bomber forgets to scrape insulation paint from contacts and hands

22
Q

What must be assumed if a clock is heard running in a device?

A

That the device is either armed or fired by the clock

23
Q

What is the best way to describe a switch mechanism?

A

Type by function