dano1917
RIP
Double effect 45mm fuze without delay, model 1896 and model 1896 modified (n/A = neue Art)
That revolving discs time fuze was equipped with a percussion system, giving a sense to the name "double effect" : Dopp Doppler (double). It was very common, since at the begining of the war it was only used with the shells of the 77mm FK 96 n/A and FK 16 field guns. It is therefore often found on the former battlefields, or in the museums.
Used without modification on the shrapnel shells, or added with a detonator in the case of explosive shells, its static disc was graduated from 0 to 50, for an ignition after a flight of 0 to 5000 meters (the n/A marks were successively graduated up to 5350, 7150, 6500, and 7000 meters) and the mobile disc was engraved with the index.
The concutor (for ignition of the time system) was located in the axis of the head, and the classical percussion system (for an occasional function at the impact time) in the tail. The most ancient models were equipped, at rest, with a safety pin. The newer ones (n/A) saw this safety pin disappear.
That revolving discs time fuze was equipped with a percussion system, giving a sense to the name "double effect" : Dopp Doppler (double). It was very common, since at the begining of the war it was only used with the shells of the 77mm FK 96 n/A and FK 16 field guns. It is therefore often found on the former battlefields, or in the museums.
Used without modification on the shrapnel shells, or added with a detonator in the case of explosive shells, its static disc was graduated from 0 to 50, for an ignition after a flight of 0 to 5000 meters (the n/A marks were successively graduated up to 5350, 7150, 6500, and 7000 meters) and the mobile disc was engraved with the index.
The concutor (for ignition of the time system) was located in the axis of the head, and the classical percussion system (for an occasional function at the impact time) in the tail. The most ancient models were equipped, at rest, with a safety pin. The newer ones (n/A) saw this safety pin disappear.
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