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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 4487339, member: 54"]Yes that looks like one. The designers adopted then-common tiny vacuum tubes used in hearing aids and hardened them for shock forces where necessary. The fuzes used either four or five vacuum tubes each. The tubes and all other electronic components were “potted” in beeswax, and after much trial and error, were able to survive firing from a gun.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 4487339, member: 54"]Yes that looks like one. The designers adopted then-common tiny vacuum tubes used in hearing aids and hardened them for shock forces where necessary. The fuzes used either four or five vacuum tubes each. The tubes and all other electronic components were “potted” in beeswax, and after much trial and error, were able to survive firing from a gun.[/QUOTE]
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