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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 ...
The Mark 12 5"/38-caliber gun was a United States dual-purpose naval gun, but also installed in single-purpose mounts on a handful of ships.The 38-caliber barrel was a mid-length compromise between the previous United States standard 5"/51 low-angle gun and 5"/25 anti-aircraft gun.
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 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).
The MK 1 is a time-fused fragmentation grenade and has 32 serrations on it. To start the fuse, the user has to pull the safety pin, then push off the cap on top of the grenade. Right before throwing, the user has to move the switch on the lever away from the grenade in order to start the fuse.
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.
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.