Description
This fuze is of the instantaneous, electrical, frequency-induction type. It closes an electric circuit. Although the Soviets designed the fuze, the Germans worked on captured models of the fuze and perfected it. A modified and simplified model was produced by the Germans just before the end of World War II. Two models were made. The earlier models are housed in a black, cylindrical laminated-wood case and the later models in a brown, cylindrical bakelite case. Both models are 6 3/4 inches in diameter and 3 3/4 inches in height. They weigh about 2.5 pounds. The interior elements of the fuze are mounted on sponge-rubber pads and are bolted to the case. A tube for the detonator cable passes through the fuze and out at both the top and bottom of the fuze. It is closed by a cork on the top and by a transit cap on the bottom. An arming nut is located on the top of the case and a white arrow indicates the direction to turn the screw for arming the fuze. A cable connects the fuze with the electric detonator.
This fuze is designed to explode a mine or charge, when a signal is emitted by an electronic mine detector sweeping over it.
Functioning
When the search coil of a frequency-bridge type mine detector, operating in the frequency range of between 800 and 2,000 cycles, is passed over an armed fuze within a maximum distance of 17 inches, its signal is picked up by the pick-up coil in the fuze. This closes the secondary or “safety” arming switch, completing the circuit and firing the electric detonator.
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