| 词条 | Delay-action bomb |
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A delay-action bomb is an aerial bomb designed to explode some time after impact, with the bomb's fuzes set to delay the explosion for times ranging from very brief to several weeks. Short delays were used to allow the bomb to penetrate before exploding: "a delay action bomb striking the roof of a tall building will penetrate through several floors before bursting".[1] Longer delays were intended to disrupt salvage and other activities, to spread terror in areas where there could still be live bombs and to attack bomb disposal workers. Such bombs were used widely by British, American [2] during World War II. One use was to hamper and delay reconstruction and repair of bombed airfields. Towards the end of the war British bombs became de facto mines, with a secondary fuze mechanism activated by light tilting, or magnets to kill those trying to disarm them. See also
References1. ^Oliver Lyman Spaulding, Ahriman: A Study in Air Bombardment, World Peace Foundation, 1939, p.70 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://rwebs.net/dispatch/output.asp?ArticleID=49|title=Dispatch Archive|website=rwebs.net|accessdate=25 July 2017}} Sources{{mil-aviation-stub}}{{weapon-stub}} 1 : Aerial bombs |
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