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The 70 mm rocket, like the 20 cm model, used a mortar fuze. There would be no set back when the rocket was fired to arm an artillery fuze. The Japanese mortar fuze for the 81 mm and 90 mm used a shear wire to make it bore safe. The wire went through the brass body and aluminum firing pin plunger.
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 ...
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 ...
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]
The Type 4 20cm rocket mortar was developed in the final stages of World War II by the Japanese Army Technical Bureau, as a low-cost, easy to produce weapon, which had an advantage of greater accuracy over conventional mortars.
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
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.
Captured Japanese documentation claims the bombs are capable of a range of 10 km (6.2 mi) but tests have shown a range of only 6.9 km (4.3 mi). [2] The rocket can be easily recognized by a distinctive "bubble whistle" sound in flight. The accuracy of the rocket is said to be poor and the flight path is erratic and susceptible to crosswinds.