World War 2, Australia, Western Australia, Fremantle, Artillery Barracks, 1944
1948Overview
Soldiers training on 3.7 inch Heavy Anti-Aircraft gun on Barracks parade ground (formerly 30048)
Historical information
The loader is placing the round in the automatic fuze setter, which sets the time setting for a specific height/range
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-32-P1900.1684
Item type
Contextual Information
Initially, there were HE and shrapnel shells, both fitted with a time fuze. Fuze No.199 was igniferous (i.e. powder-burning) with a maximum running time of 30 seconds. Fuzes No. 106 and 107 were mechanical time fuses; both proved unsatisfactory. Fuze No. 208, with a maximum running time of 43 seconds, became the standard fuze. A great improvement in 1942 was the introduction of Machine Fuze Setter No. 11, on Mounting Mk. IIC and Carriage Mk. IIIA, which raised the rate of fire to 20 rounds per minute.
Year
Geotag
-32.045139267489, 115.75459745508
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