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A fuse for an explosive shell comprises a body having a longitudinal axis, a hood unit fitting over the body and movable along the body vertical axis between a first position and a second position, and a parachute linked to the hood unit for pulling the hood unit from its first position to its secon

A fuse for an explosive shell comprises a body having a longitudinal axis, a hood unit fitting over the body and movable along the body vertical axis between a first position and a second position, and a parachute linked to the hood unit for pulling the hood unit from its first position to its second position when the explosive shell is released. A slide catch is housed in the body and is moveable in a direction perpendicular to the body perpendicular axis from an unprimed to a primed position. A primary detonator is housed in the slide catch. The primary detonator is out of alignment with the main charge of the explosive shell when the slide catch is in its unprimed position, and is in alignment with the main charge of the explosive shell when the slide catch is in its primed position. A safety catch holds the slide catch in its unprimed position until it is released by inertial forces acting on the fuze. A firing pin detonates the primary detonator. The firing pin has an upper portion fixedly housed in the hood unit and a lower portion slidably housed in the body. The lower portion is moveable along the body longitudinal axis between a first and a second position in response to the movement of the hood unit between its first and second positions.

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A fuze for an explosive shell carried by a carrier vector, the explosive shell having a main charge, said fuze comprising: a body having a longitudinal axis; a hood unit fitting over said body and moveable along said body longitudinal axis between a first position and a second position; priming mean

A fuze for an explosive shell carried by a carrier vector, the explosive shell having a main charge, said fuze comprising: a body having a longitudinal axis; a hood unit fitting over said body and moveable along said body longitudinal axis between a first position and a second position; priming means for moving said hood unit from its first position to its second position when the explosive shell is released from the carrier vector; slide catch means housed in said body, said slide catch means having a longitudinal axis perpendicular to said body longitudinal axis and being moveable along said slide catch longitudinal axis from an unprimed to a primed position; primary detonator means housed in said slide catch means, said primary detonator means being out of alignment with the main charge when said slide catch means is in its unprimed position and in alignment with the main charge when said slide catch means is in its primed position; safety catch means engaging said slide catch means for holding said slide catch means in its unprimed position and releasable when said hood unit moves to its second position; and firing pin means for detonating said primary detonator means, said firing pin means having an upper portion fixedly housed in said hood unit and a lower portion slidably housed in said body, said lower portion being moveable along said body longitudinal axis between a first and a second position in response to the movement of said hood unit between its first and second position.