As a retired engineer that spent his career in the US defense companies, this was an example of the more that things change, they stay the same. Thanks for this.
Re The exploder design: any mechanism that won’t operate when assembled the working drawings is a bad design. The design is not simple, complexity should only be added when necessary. Finally the mechanism appears to be compartmentalized without being modularized. As a side note this same bureau was producing numerous fuzes for shells which had to be bore safe and explode reliably after penetrating heavy armor. Later in the war the VT fuze even carried electronics. Lack of testing for weapons and especially complex systems remains a problem today.
As a retired engineer that spent his career in the US defense companies, this was an example of the more that things change, they stay the same. Thanks for this.
Wow the sound on this is horrible, it almost sounds like they kept the mic on for people other than the speaker. Get a sound engineer jeez
Dreadful sound, worst EVER!!!!!!. Sadly unwatcheable1
Re The exploder design: any mechanism that won’t operate when assembled the working drawings is a bad design. The design is not simple, complexity should only be added when necessary. Finally the mechanism appears to be compartmentalized without being modularized. As a side note this same bureau was producing numerous fuzes for shells which had to be bore safe and explode reliably after penetrating heavy armor. Later in the war the VT fuze even carried electronics. Lack of testing for weapons and especially complex systems remains a problem today.
Good lord! That exploder is complicated!
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