hey there,
I was reading up on the No 208 mech time fuze and was wondering about some thing.
In the description it says that as soon as rotation starts a centrifugal safety catch turns away from underneath a cam on the firing pin.
In the drawings it looks like it has to move away agains its spring, so this makes me believe that, like the slide with detonator it comes back in its original position after the rotation stops.
But in the description it does not say so.
It would make sense because that way there is an extra safety to prevent the projectile from detonating when falling back in between own lines in case of not detonating in the air. (like with the slide safety)
Can anyone look around for description about this fuze?
These are just my findings but of course i would like to be sure.
with ammo greets
phonque
I was reading up on the No 208 mech time fuze and was wondering about some thing.
In the description it says that as soon as rotation starts a centrifugal safety catch turns away from underneath a cam on the firing pin.
In the drawings it looks like it has to move away agains its spring, so this makes me believe that, like the slide with detonator it comes back in its original position after the rotation stops.
But in the description it does not say so.
It would make sense because that way there is an extra safety to prevent the projectile from detonating when falling back in between own lines in case of not detonating in the air. (like with the slide safety)
Can anyone look around for description about this fuze?
These are just my findings but of course i would like to be sure.
with ammo greets
phonque