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FIIG:  A23900

Entry Date:  Apr-01-1974

Concept:  

Status:  A

Applicability:  A

Type:  0

Definition:  A device or special tool designed for manual and/or automatic setting, arming, disarming and the like. of time fuzes or other types of fuzes. It may have scales and indices for setting fuze time, range and corrector values.

Basic INC:  70082

Basic Name:  FUZE

Description:  1. A device with explosive components designed to initiate a train of fire or detonation in an item of ammunition by an action such as hydrostatic pressure, electrical energy, chemical, impact, mechanical time, or a combination of these. Excludes: FUSE (2). 2. A nonexplosive device designed to initiate an explosion in an item of ammunition by an action such as continuous or pulsating electromagnetic waves, acceleration or deceleration forces, or piezoelectric action. Excludes: SWITCH (as modified) and FUSE (1). (Use a functional modifier, such as radar or impact).