[Milsurplus] Re: prox. fuzes

[ed sharpe]

we need to find a source of fuzes to have one for the display here... any
ideas folks?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 9:55 PM
Subject: [Milsurplus] Re: prox. fuzes


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Unserviceable but Repairable" <cosmoline at ba-watch.org>
>
> > Below comes fm Bob Dennison (W2HBE) art'l in fall '96 QCWA Journal
> > Sylvania was making 500,000/day @ end of ww2.  Total production was 130
> > million
>
> Yes, those were surprising facts.  This would seem to say that the 4 tubes
used
> in these gizmos were likely the most-produced vacuum tubes in history,
beating
> out even 6BA6's  and 6CB6's.
>
> Also, appears that we owe the Brits for some of the very best war-winning
ideas:
> vhf aircraft radio, magnetron microwave radar, and the proximity fuze.
> -Hue Miller
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