Fuzes influence

Fuze, Influence. See Fuze, Proximity or VT (Variable Time)... 

Fuze, Proximity Fuze, VT (Variable Time) Fuze, Radio or Fuze, Influence. A fuze wherein primary initiation occurs by sensing the presence, distance, and/or direction of the target thru the characteristics of the target itself or its environment... 

Mine cases, at first made largely of steel, were later made from all sorts of nonmetallic materials. Today, many of the metallic and nonmetallic bodied mines are equipped with improved contact fuzes and influence fuzes that do not require direct contact with the target, and are thus difficult if not almost impossible to detect and disarm... 

Fuze, Mine. A fuze designed to initiate a train of fire in a land mine. For initiation of underwater (sea) mine a device known as "Firing Mechanism, Underwater Mine" It is a device contg combustible or explosive components, which can be actuated by an acoustic signal, impact, hydrostatic pressure, and/or magnetic influence (Ref 40a, pp 71... 

These fuzes, sometimes called "Posit" Buck Rogers" "Special" "Influence" and "Bonzo" are in effect "automatic time fuzes". Without "setting" or "adjustment" they detonate the missiles that carry them on approach to the target at the desired point on their trajectories, such as... 

VT fuzes may also function under the influence of nearby bursts or fragments... 

Hydrostatic fuzes act under the influence of water pressure to explode a bomb at a predetermined depth when used against submarines or other underwater targets... 

Vj) Vehicle Function Test. In this test designed to determine the operational characteristics of a pressure-actuated or influence type fuze employed in land mines, the actual tracked, or wheeled vehicle is used (p IIIB-18 of Ref 39)... 

Mines are distributed in the subsurface of minefields or landing strips, suspended in the air with balloons, or floated in water. They work by fuzes or remote control, or by being triggered on contact with or by the influence (pressure or magnetic fields) of the target itself (personnel, boats, vehicles, aircraft). 

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