John Kettler Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Mistakenly thought the program I was watching was on weapon effectiveness in WW I land warfare (the Somme was on when I left to make a snack), but it was apparently a Modern Marvels titled Deadliest Weapons. When I got back into my room, the program was talking about VT fuze development in WW II, and the interviewee was the guy who supervised the program. He was talking about the scientific genius M.A. Tuve, the man who invented the VT fuze. What I saw had pictures of the miniature tubes, the handbuilding prototype assembly area, various versions of the fuze as it developed, live and static firings against air (sieved a fighter in tower tests) and ground targets, and much more. Discussion covered combat debut in Pacific, effectiveness (factor of 6 improvement in lethality over fuze MT against aerial targets), first use in land combat at Bulge (over 400 Germans killed), but failed to mention that European combat debut was flak belts firing over the Channel vs. V-1s. One still showed an absolutely chilling pattern of airbursts shot during the Bulge. Hope at least some of you saw this. Very groggy! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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