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A-2 (A): FUZE
The A-2 (A) is an impact nose fuze, typically fitted to Japanese WW2-era air-dropped bombs. The fuze can be configured for instantaneous or delay initiation. The fuze is armed by the removal of an arming wire upon release of the bomb from a plane. If the instantaneous action is selected, the bomb's impact with the ground causes a striker to be driven into a flash composition; the resultant flash passes directly to a relay mechanism to initiate a...
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