GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES |
CHAPTER 6 |
GERMAN PROJECTILES FUZES |
NOSE FUZE - A.Z. 1502 F |
EMPLOYMENT: Nose fuze used on German 20-mm ammunition. (See fig. 552.) |
DATA: |
Over-all length: 1.000 inch. |
Maximum diameter: 0.781 inch. |
Threaded length: 0.250 inch (with washer). |
Number of threads: 6 RH. |
CONSTRUCTION: The fuze is aluminum and has a recess in the base with houses a deto-nator cup. A floating striker is held in position by a coiled aluminum tape bearing against a shoulder on the striker body. A wooden hammer rests against the striker head and is just below the nose closing cap. |
ACTION: Centrifugal force unwraps the aluminum tape freeing the striker. On impact, the hammer forces the striker into the detonator. |
REMARKS: The A.Z. 1502, an earlier version of the 1502 F, employs the standard German centrifugal segments surrounded by a coiled strip of brass, but that is the only difference in the two fuzes. |
Figure 552 – A.Z. 1502 F |
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