[Milsurplus] SRR-11/12/13 and subminis

Kenneth G. Gordon kgordon at moscow.com
Tue Jan 3 23:54:21 EST 2006


John Kolb wrote:

> >After all, they were used very successfully in proximity fuses for AA
> >shells.
> 
> Of course the expected operating lifetime of a proximity fuse is
> minutes, not years  :)
> 
> John 

Yes, but they take one hell of a beating in that few minutes and have to 
be 100% reliable doing it.

On another note, I believe the largest quantities of tubes ever built were
subminis for proximity fuses.

Ken W7EKB


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