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Significance and Background of the Radio Proximity Fuse (VT) in World War II The radio proximity, or VT fuze for artillery shells represents, ...
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Proximity fuze - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This debut of the proximity fuse was an unchallenged success and kept one man busy most of the time stenciling trophy silhouettes on the ship's smokestack.
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The German proximity fuse. The development of the US proximity fuse by the US in WW Two is regarded as a unique allied triumph. ... The proximity fuse was fielded as an AA weapon from ships in the; Pacific from June 1943 where it was reasoned that secrecy could not be compromised as dud rounds would fall into the sea.
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Since the body of the shell served as the antenna for the radar proximity fuse, it limited the frequency spread of the transceiver from 180 to 220 MHz. The APT-4, a high powered jammer, already covered that part of the spectrum.
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VARIABLE TIME FUZE CONTRIBUTED TO VICTORY OF UNITED NATIONS ... Another installment of the now-it-can-be-told serial which already includes the stories of the atomic bomb and radar was the revelation made by the Navy September 20,1945, of a pint-size fuze, ... The device, officially known as the Variable Time Fuze,
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Proximity Fuse. The proximity fuse was a radio transmitter/radar that detected an object in its path. When the object was close enough, about 30 feet, the fuse would go off. Before the proximity fuse, the range to the target had to be estimated and that range dialed into the shell.
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