WWII secret - 2nd only to the Atomic Bomb
- Thread starter fat tony
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They tested the anti-proximity fuze jammers against a B-17. They had no dummy rounds, so they used live 90 mm rounds. The jammers worked, much to the relief of the crew.
http://www.smecc.org/radio_proximity_fuzes.htm
http://www.smecc.org/radio_proximity_fuzes.htm
Scharfschütze
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- Courtenay B.C.
It never ceases to amaze me how smart man is to figure out ways to kill.
I also can believe that the technology is so old.
I also can believe that the technology is so old.
TacticalVirus
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Aye, 'twas originally developed as an answer to the AA problem. Radically increased effectiveness of American AA batteries, which was pretty much the final nail in the pacific theatre's coffin.
The brits also used them against the V1/V2
The batteries where a major problem, they kept the acid separate and the force of firing mixed it with the lead. Then they upgraded to AAA batteries.
I believe that at least in the language of those times,
AA batteries = Anti Aircraft batteries.
"Battery"= sub-unit of anti-aircraft artillery (cannons),
from 3 up to 12 pieces each.
Usually, the crew is a company, but it can be only a platoon.
I don't think the referrence to battery was
as in "electrical power source".
Similarly, AAA may stand for Alcoholic Anonymous Association,
but it the mil talk of those times, it was Anti Aircraft Artillery.
fat tony
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Well, allegedly, during the Vietnam war, it was determined that regular bomb fuzes were not giving good results * don"t know who determined this, possibly the Macvsog people*, so a fuze incorporating a physical 3 to 4 foot extension was made that screwed into the fuze well of the bombs of the day, allegedly these were called 'daisy cutter' fuzes, so you have a lower tech way of addressing a similar problem, this also seems to indicate that after WWII, the use of the radio proximity fuzes fell out of favour.
