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The 9.5×57mm Mannlicher–Schönauer (MS) cartridge was adopted for the M-1910 MS rifle and carbine in 1910. [3] ( Note: The name Schoenauer is correctly spelled Schönauer with an “umlaut” over the “o” in German, although the rifles themselves are stamped with the German umlauted ""oe"") The 9.5×57mm MS is also known as the 9.5×56mm MS, the 9.5×56.7mm MS, and the .375 Rimless ...
The outputs of the Mark 1A were the same (gun bearing and elevation), except fuze time was added. The fuze time was needed because the ideal of directly hitting the fast moving aircraft with the projectile was impractical. With fuze time set into the shell, it was hoped that it would explode near enough to the target to destroy it with the ...
A British clockwork Time fuze for an artillery shell using the Thiel mechanism, circa 1936 British aluminium No. 25 Mk IV time fuze, using a burning gunpowder timer, circa 1914, used for star shells. Artillery Time fuzes detonate after a set period of time. Early time fuzes were igniferous (i.e. combustible) using a powder train.
A new type of 4.5 inch gun with a longer 55-calibre barrel, it was designed in the 1960s for the Royal Navy's new classes of frigates and destroyers.The weapon, built by Vickers Ltd Armament Division, was developed by the Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment using the Ordnance, QF 105 mm L13 of the Abbot self-propelled gun as a starting point (it used electrical primers).
A mouse trap type electrical impact fuze, 1 second delay, detonation sets off filler M228 M69 Training fuze with functional fuze to train on the 4–5 second delay C12 M25/A1/A2 Integral detonating fuze, 1.4–3 second delay, detonator bursts body scattering agent M200/A1 M6/A1, M7, M8, M14, M16, M18 A mouse trap type igniting fuze.
Rebuilt Ca-class destroyers (Mark 5* Mod 1) Type 81 Tribal-class frigates (Mark 5* Mod 2) Ships with 4.5 inch guns QF Mark V in twin mounting UD Mark VI (later renamed gun Mark 6) Twin mountings, Upper Deck, Mark VI on post-war on Daring-class destroyer HMAS Vampire (D11). BD-s in contrast were semi-submerged turrets used on some of the major ...
They are attached in between the Mk 66 Mod 4 rocket motor and a warhead and fuze, which increases length by 18.5 in (47 cm) and weight by 9 lb (4.1 kg) over the legacy Hydra system. [ 5 ] Firing ranges are 1,100-5,000 meters, the former of which can be hit less than 5 seconds after firing. [ 5 ]
Mark 1A Computer Mk 37 Director above the bridge of destroyer USS Cassin Young with AN/SPG-25 radar antenna. The Mark 1, and later the Mark 1A, Fire Control Computer was a component of the Mark 37 Gun Fire Control System deployed by the United States Navy during World War II and up to 1991 and possibly later.