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IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Latest instalment in the acclaimed IL-2 Sturmovik series from award-winning developer Maddox Games. |
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I have noticed my cannon rounds from my 109 exploding in the distance after I fire them off. Almost like they are hitting a wall. I did'nt know that cannon shells did that unless they were fitted with a proximity fuse. Is this working as intended or a bug?
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It's correct, the cannon rounds had self distruct mechanisms built in.
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Yes it's true
![]() I read somewhere that it's to avoid the cannon rounds potentially hitting something else and exploding. If you're in a tense dogfight over berlin you wouldn't really want the 20mm rounds to explode when impacting german houses would you? On another note later ammunition types are proximity fuzed being able to detect targets by miniature radars. Americans started using radar detonated artillery rounds during the later parts of the war I believe against the germans. Instead of digging into the ground before exploding, the proximity radar in the nose of each shell would go off at a given height above ground (say 1-2 meters) effectively barraging the area with shrapnel, where the older rounds would leave probably 50% of the shrapnel under ground. |
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Well, I guess you learn something new everyday. Thanks for the info guys, it sure clears up that little mystery.
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The German shells were set to go off when they stopped rotating, either by hitting the target or just by flying out far enough...
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AFAIK Proximity fuzes were normally magnetic. As for the rest fuzes could be time set and/or altitude set. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proximity_fuze#Deployment
They were only allowed to be used over water until the Battle of the Bulge to prevent the Germans from reverse engineering unexploded shells. |
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aaah ok we're talking about big shells here, not aircraft cannon rounds
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Do a google on 5" Proximity Fuses. Introduced in the Pacific and not allowed to be fired over land until the Battle of the Bulge for fear duds would be found and reverse engineered. Made radar guided arty batteries extremely deadly...
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