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MGZ-57

Fuze  
Bulgaria
Russian Federation
Yugoslavia

The MGZ-57 (МГЗ-57) is a Soviet-era-developed, Russian Federation, delayed action, nose impact fuze, which incorporates a self-destruct (SD) mechanism. The MGZ-57 is essentially a modified MG-57 (МГ-57) fuze with the primary change being the use of a delayed- instead of an instantaneous-action detonator in the detonator rotor. The MGZ-57 is used with 57 mm anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) high explosive fragmentation (HE-frag) cannon projectil...

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