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V19P, V19PA
#WIP FUZES
Region
France
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Armament 81 and 120 mm smoothbore HE, WP smoke and practice mortar bombs. Development This fuze was originally designed by Hotchkiss-Brandt/TDA and has since been licensed for manufacture to many countries. Description This fuze has a steel rear body and an aluminium nose cap, which can be rotated by hand to the safe or fire positions. A turnscrew in the side of the fuze permits delay setting. In the SQ mode the striker in the nose is driven into a detonator on impact and fires the magazine. When the screw is
turned for delay, the direct path to the magazine is closed and the flash is directed via a delay element. The V19P and V19PA differ only in construction. The V19PA is made entirely of aluminium and thus weighs less. TDA