Description
The 12 inch HC Projectile Mk 22 is merely a redesignation of the Mk 17.
The Base Fuze Mk 39 replaces the original special "green stripe" Base Fuze Mk 28; the Auxiliary Detonating Fuze Mk 35 replaces the original special "green stripe" Mk 17 Mod 8. These fuzes are now being replaced by the Base Fuze Mk 48 and the Auxiliary Detonating Fuze Mk 55.
The Mk 62 is the preferred nose time fuze.
The 12 inch HC Projectile Mk 17 Mod 2 differs from the Mk 17 Mod 1 in that its base plug threads are 7.85" instead of 7.75".
Functioning
No information about functioning.
See Also
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Source(s)
OP 1664, Volume 1 - US Explosive Ordnance (1947)
