John Breed, Diary and Training diary, item 134

• March 31, 2017 22:29:54 Cheryl Ellsworth

  and is closed by means of the bottom plug.

  The openings of the fuze are waterproofed to exclude damp

  
  

  Action

           On shock of discharge, the detonator pellet set back

  thereby straightening the clips of the stirrup spring and

  being driven on to the needle plug ignites the detonator, which

  fires the composition of the time ring, this burning till it rea

  the magazine channel, thereby igniting the powder in the 

  magazine.

           Weight of fuze  5 3/4 oz

  
  

  Mark II differs from Mark III in not being waterproofed

• March 11, 2017 12:24:18 Jenny Cousins

  and is closed by means of the bottom plug.

  The openings of the fuze are waterproofed to exclude damp

  
  

  Action

           On shock of discharge, the detonator pellet set back

  thereby straightening the clips of the stirrup spring and

  being driven on to the needle plug ignites the detonator, which

  fires the composition of the time ring, this burning till it rea?

  the magazine channel, thereby igniting the powder in the 

  magazine.

           Wright of fuze  5 3/4 oz

  
  

  Mark II differs from Mark III in not being waterproofed

  
  

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