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An artillery fuze or fuse is the type of munition fuze used with artillery munitions, typically projectiles fired by guns (field, anti-aircraft, coast and naval), howitzers and mortars. A fuze is a device that initiates an explosive function in a munition, most commonly causing it to detonate or release its contents, when its activation ...
World War II mortars of Japan (12 P) Pages in category "World War II artillery of Japan" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
The following is a list of Japanese military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels, and other support equipment of both the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from operations conducted from start of Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to the end of World War II in 1945. [1]
Mk I and Mk III powders are ammunition primers, Mk II is a fuze primer Potassium chlorate Antimony trisulfide: Primer cap composition: Both-Most common mixture for fuze primers Mercury fulminate: Initiator in fuzes and blasting caps: Both: Raikoo (Thunder Mercury) Lead azide: Initiator in fuzes and blasting caps: Both: Chikka Namari: Most ...
Kyushu J7W1 Shinden fuselage at the National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC. The two prototypes were the only examples of the Shinden ever completed. After the end of the war, one was scrapped; the other was claimed by a U.S. Navy Technical Air Intelligence Unit in late 1945, dismantled, and shipped to the United States.
C - long delay fuze; D - airburst fuze; E - protective fuze; The numeral approximates the order in which the fuzes were captured by the allies. Finally the lower-case letter in parentheses indicates the different but similar designs. Where possible the original Japanese designation is given. A-1(a) A-1(b) A-1(c) A-3(a) Type 97 Mk 2 nose fuze
The French-built Matsushima, flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of the Yalu River (1894), used a 320 mm (13 in) Canet gun.. Following the Meiji Restoration, Japan would pursue a policy of "Rich country, strong army" (富国強兵), which led to a general rearmament of the country.
Baldwin, Ralph B. (1980), The Deadly Fuze: The Secret Weapon of World War II, San Rafael, CA: Presidio Press, ISBN 978-0-89141-087-4. Baldwin was a member of the (APL) team headed by Tuve that did most of the design work. Baxter, James Phinney III (1968) [1946], Scientists Against Time, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-262-52012-6