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First Batch of Artillery Shells Under Czech Initiative Delivered (www.kyivpost.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Without fuzes, which are only screwed in just before firing, modern artillery shells are really difficult to set off.

If you think about it, the act of firing a shell out of a cannon and sending it miles away is pretty violent, but the shells don’t explode in the cannon.

Without the correct fuzes, the shells won’t even explode when they land.

https://www.quora.com/How-does-an-artillery-projectile-not-explode-and-destroy-the-artillery-that-fired-it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

That makes sense. I think I might still be a little unnerved.