- for
larger calibre anti-aircraft guns, and it soon
became clear that
igniferous fuzes were
insufficiently accurate and this
drove the
development of mechanical...
-
engage targets up to 24,000 feet (7,300 m). Mechanical, as
opposed to
igniferous, time
fuses were
required because the
speed of
powder burning varied with...
-
British time fuzes,
required for
airburst shooting, were
powder burning (
igniferous). However, the
powder burning rate
changed as air
pressure reduced, making...
-
piercing incendiary (API);
depleted uranium;
ammunition containing any
igniferous or
explosive substance. Chrisafis,
Angelique (2009-07-23). "Foreign Legion...
-
could use the
naval ammunition supply.
Initially the
standard fuze was an
igniferous design, No 199 with a
maximum running time of 30
seconds that limited...
-
setter pre-set to the
required fuze length.
Early airburst fuzes used
igniferous timers which lasted into the
second half of the 20th century. Mechanical...
- fire the
bullets forward before it hit the ground. No 80 Fuze was an
igniferous type of time fuze (as were most
First World War time fuzes),
meaning that...
