But for the Hackaday set, more detail is better, so I set about learning what made the VT fuze tick. As a radio proximity fuze, the basic concept is obvious — generate a strong RF pulse and ...

During World War II, anti-aircraft defenses struggled to hit fast-moving enemy planes—until a top-secret invention changed the game. The proximity fuze, a revolutionary radar-based detonation system, ...

In particular, they were the perfect solution for proximity fuzes in artillery shells. The environment for these fuzes is harsh. You literally fire them out of a cannon, and they can feel up to ...