[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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