PROXIMITY BURSTS ON TARGETE&MP 102.011 Proximity Fuse no date [print 11] Prints 7 - 11 show a series of proximity bursts on target which was a radio controlled plane. It is noteworthy that in all 7 rounds of Navy 5"/38 shells fuzed with proximity fuzes were fired and that 3 bursts on target were recorded bringing the plane down in flames. Tests such as these were conducted in order to prove the effectiveness
of proximity fuzed shells in actual use.
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