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The English armies began WW1 in 1914 with the percussion fuze No 100.
It was a 1914 urgency development, since that item went from design to production in 10 days! Needless to say the fuze No 100 was not optimized for production lines. That fuze as well as the derivative models were universally used by the English artillery with shells of many calibers.
The No 100 percussion fuze was used with the shells of:
18 pdr field guns (3.3 inches - 84mm)
60 pdr field funs ( 3 inches - 127mm)
4.5 inch field howitzers (4.5 inches - 114mm)
6 inch siege howitzers (6 inches - 152mm)
9.2 inch siege howitzers (9.2 inches - 234mm)
8 inch howitzers (8 inches - 203mm)
12 inch howitzers (12 inches - 305mm)
15 inch howitzers (15 inches - 381mm)
It was a 1914 urgency development, since that item went from design to production in 10 days! Needless to say the fuze No 100 was not optimized for production lines. That fuze as well as the derivative models were universally used by the English artillery with shells of many calibers.
The No 100 percussion fuze was used with the shells of:
18 pdr field guns (3.3 inches - 84mm)
60 pdr field funs ( 3 inches - 127mm)
4.5 inch field howitzers (4.5 inches - 114mm)
6 inch siege howitzers (6 inches - 152mm)
9.2 inch siege howitzers (9.2 inches - 234mm)
8 inch howitzers (8 inches - 203mm)
12 inch howitzers (12 inches - 305mm)
15 inch howitzers (15 inches - 381mm)