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Iranian fuze for PG-7 variant

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Does anybody happen to know the fuzing for this Iranian PG-7 variant?

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It does not have the nose piezo and I wonder now if the fuze might be a more simple impact fuze (in the base) or if it still is an electric fuze (double hull nose cone) but with a power source in the base fuze.
 

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If I recall it depends on when it was made. In that either a battery or a capacitor is used to hold the firing charge. When fired there is set back that impacts a piezeo crystals. Upon impact the outer windshield is pressed against the inner cone and completes the circuit firing the warhead. Wish I had more, but I remember the 2 different elements to hold firing current, no self destruct and the crushing of the outer shield to the inner. I also think the Iranian name for it is the Nader
 
Thanks for the info Mike! So the piezo system they have will give a much longer shelf life. I came across several names for that one in the web. It seems too little is known on the background of these.
Anybody here who has schemes of the fuzes?
 
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