5'/38 caliber gun - Ammunition - Projectile - Mechanical time fuzeA nose time fuze that detonates the shell after an adjustable time interval has elapsed since firing.Base detonating fuzeA base impact fuze screwed into the rear of a projectile to protect

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Structured data parsed from Wikipedia. A nose time fuze that detonates the shell after an adjustable time interval has elapsed since firing. A base impact fuze screwed into the rear of a projectile to protect the fuze during impact. It delays the shell's detonation about 25 ms after impact, allowing the projectile to penetrate the target prior to detonation. A nose impact fuze. Very fast detonation on the surface of the target. The VT (Variable Time) fuze is a proximity fuze. It is a nose electronic fuze that does not require impact to trigger. Designed to detonate close to the target. It was originally intended to be used against air targets. Now it is also used in shore bombardment and surface actions against fast boats. This is because the VT fuze has proved well suited for bursting the shell at the correct distance above the ground or water for maximum damage to lightly armored targets over a large area. In the projectile drawing, an Auxiliary Detonating Fuze is screwed onto the bottom of the Mechanical Time Fuze. This is because the time fuze primer does not have enough explosive shock to detonate the relatively insensitive Explosive 'D'. The Auxiliary fuze uses an intermediate explosive that is set off by the time fuze primer, and in turn, sets off the Explosive 'D'.

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