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| ITALIAN AND FRENCH EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE |
| Chapter 4 |
| ITALIAN PROJECTILE FUZES |
| Introduction |
| Nose Percussion Fuzes (Field Equipment) |
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These are known as "spoletta percussione" by the Italians. The fuzes were the most widely used in the Italian projectiles. Many of the fuze types are unmarked and, as a re-sult, identification is often difficult. |
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The fuzes vary slightly in design, but all are quite simple in operation. One type has no arming operation and functions in impact. The others use set-back or centrifugal force as part of the arming operation. The following abbreviations may be encountered in nomen-clature of these fuzes: |
| I | Instantaneous |
| p.c. | For small caliber |
| m.c. | For medium caliber |
| g.c. | For large caliber |
| m.c.e.g.c. | For medium and large caliber |
| Nose Percussion Fuzes (Naval and Coastal Defense) |
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These fuzes are similar in design to the fuzes for field equipment, but differ in nomencla-ture: |
| O.K. 2S | Krupp nose fuze with 2 safety devices |
| O.K.Bo.Sc | Krupp nose fuze with clockwork safety devices |
| O.Bo. | Nose fuze with clockwork |
| Time Fuzes (Field Equipement) |
| Time fuzes are of two types: |
| A tempo | combustion type |
| Meccanica a tempo | mechanical type |
| Time Fuze (Naval and Coastal Defense) |
| O.T. | Nose Time Combustion |
| O.M.T. | Nose Mechanical Time |
| Time and Percussion Fuze (A.D.E.) |
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The fuzes are very similar to the time fuzes, but have a percussion feature incorporated in them. |
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