Simon R Posted 14 November , 2003 Share Posted 14 November , 2003 Dear All, What exactly was it with type 100 fuses for artillery rounds that made them so unreliable and prone to prematures? Was it inexperience in setting them, poor manufacture or problems with Amatol? Or all three? Did they get any better or were they scrapped? Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_H Posted 14 November , 2003 Share Posted 14 November , 2003 Simon The poor performance of the No 100 fuze was due to faulty manufacture - many companies that took up munitions manufacture were not able to work to the very fine tolerances required for this fuze to function. In the fuze a pre-cocked pellet had to slide forward overcoming a creep spring to allow the detonator to strike a firing pin on impact, very minor machining inaccuracies could make this fail. The No 100 fuze was not declared obsolete until 1921 but its shortcomings were recognised and the No.101 fuze was designed to replace it with an improved mechanism. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 14 November , 2003 Share Posted 14 November , 2003 The Coventry firm, White and Poppe was criticised by the Ministry of Munitions for its part in the manufacture of these fuses and had its contract temporarily suspended for this product. An investigation found that the fault lay with the detonator provided by another manufacturer.Terry Reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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