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redbob

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Triple Fuses
« on: June 01, 2014, 08:10:49 AM »
What was the purpose of having three fuses on the 15" ball, lack of dependability of one?
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John D. Bartleson Jr.

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Re: Triple Fuses
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2014, 08:23:06 AM »
Sir:
   It is my udestanding that the three watercap fuses had three separate times and gave the gunner more time options.
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John
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CarlS

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Re: Triple Fuses
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2014, 10:15:17 PM »
I understood it to triple the chance of the shell going off figuring if you had 3 fuses at least one should get lit and burn all the way.  Maybe one of the avid artillery readers has read what Dahlgren or whomever devised that option had in mind.
« Last Edit: June 02, 2014, 02:42:08 PM by CarlS »
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joevann

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Re: Triple Fuses
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2014, 10:14:34 PM »
John is correct.
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