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Originally Posted by Defender
Thanks Oleg, how'd I end up being first?
In the air combat video the gun cam of the 109 hitting the defiant ... those cannon shells exploding on a timer? You can see they miss the target and explode a second or two later. THAT is super cool. Nice to see the dawn lighting in a video as well.
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I am sure this has been answered already, but the Germans had cannon shells that exploded with a self destruct fuse (zerleger).
I can post some photos of a 151/20 with self destruct if anyone wants to see it.
The typical self destruct consisted of a tracer that burned for a couple seconds and eventually through a small hole into the chamber that held the explosive charge, thus detonating it.