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time fuze VB-5

William49

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The time fuze VB-5 was used for 57 mm unguided illuminating rockets S-5.
 

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I don't have any additional images, but many aspects of the VB-5's mechanism are similar to that used in V-5 series (V-5, V-5M and V-5M1) of fuzes that are used on the HE-frag rockets of the S-5 family of 57 mm (normally) air-to-ground rockets.
 
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