percussion fuses for artillery shells

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percussion fuses for artillery shells

01-20-2008, 03:54 PM

How efficient were the percussion fuses for the Civil War era artillery shells?

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01-20-2008, 04:52 PM

Re: percussion fuses for artillery shells

Unless I'm mistaken.... I believe the Shenkel had an 82% detonation rate.

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