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f .
Lo n - D e l a y 'u s es .
Or i ; i na l l y ,
t h e s pe c i a l f us e ( 1 7 } tva s
desi n° ' ror Army supnort in att -ckin ,
prepared positions ,
with thQ Lufttiqa ff e supposed to bomb the reGpective sectors
some time in advance . O nly a s:all number of bombs used for that
purgose were to detona te ima ediate l y , ti; h ereas the majority of
them rveMe *o
Pxplode at a definite time , under circunstances
2 or 3 davs la t er .
The clockwor'-s i n (17 )A f uses were therefore
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set for a certain time up to 1 0 4ours in advance . After th e
n .
A .
F .
dropped th e first bo bs with lọn - d e l ay fuses in April
i940 in order to ex-end the attack ovPr a longer peri d ,
th e
(1?)A fuse uas used by the G ermans for the same purnose .
Si mi • a r ' i mi ng de l a vs ,
bu t tivi t h l es s - r c i s on , wer e i n' e r e nt
i n t h e l o r _ - rl e l ay f us : o .
( 7 7 ) -
; .
Nu i an ce Fu ses .
Th i s inc l u ded a ll th os e fus es th a t id n o t
d etmn a te imm edi tel ,
ju s t l iḳ e th e lona - d e l a y fus s .
Or _
th e
con tra ry ,
th ey c on ti r:ue d an d :a i n t a i n e d th e con f us ion crea t ed
b - th e ra id prop er . complica t ed ti ie c lea r i nj e ff or ts , an d
d is turbe d th e r es ump tion o f f ac tory an d tra ff c rou tin es .
Sh o r t d a t a o n t h e s u b j e c t c a n b e ;;a t h e r e d f r o t t h e f u s e
statistics c on ta ined in Fa r t 'I I .
Th e proper us e o f th ese
f u s es requ i res v ery th orou h kn o , vl ed e th a t ca n b e ac qu i r e d
by s tu dy in the t ech n ica l direc tives con cern i nb th e respe c ti ve
fu ses .
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