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Old 04-08-2011, 09:03 PM
Chips86 Chips86 is offline
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Originally Posted by ParaB View Post
The 20mm HE ammo from spring of 1940 (don't know the exact date) on used a "zerleger"-fuse in addition to the impact fuse, so the round would detonate after a specific distance. This was to eliminate the danger of rounds hitting civilians or own troops and had nothing to do with air-to-air effectiveness, it was basically a timed self-destruct mechanism.
Interesting....thats what i love about the community for these games...full of information. This sounds really sarcastic but i genuinly love all the tidbits i learn.
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