graduatore
English translation: fuse setter
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fuse setter Explanation: Spoletta a tempo = time fuse Graduatore = fuse setter -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2018-09-03 17:03:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- fuse-setter (or fuze-setter): name for a small, cylindrical brass tool with a wooden turning-handle on top, and a shallow cup measuring 2.1 inches wide with a countersunk recess 0.3 inches deep at its bottom, which could be used to hold and screw a Bormann time-fuse into a shell hole, thus affixing it as an in-flight detonating-charge. Different models of fuse-setters, that substituted a simple flat top for its larger and more elaborate pre-war recessed cup, would be produced during the Civil War years http://moultrie.battlefieldsinmotion.com/glossary.html The performance of the new guns was limited by their standard fuse No 199, with a 30-second running time, although a new mechanical time fuse giving 43 seconds was nearing readiness. In 1939 a Machine Fuse Setter was introduced to eliminate manual fuse setting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare |
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