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Re: Luftwaffe losses to ground fire during Bodenplatte
You're right of course, Graham. What I should have said was that while the majority of VT fuze usage was by the US and Royal Navies, it was also used in AA guns in the UK and other Allied territories. Until Dec 44, these fuzes couldn't be used for artillery fire which could yield the enemy a fuze in a dud shell (this injunction also included shore bombardment by naval guns). While the US Navy was creating VT fuses for the US forces, it was also making them for the British forces, including fuzes for the principal Royal Navy AA guns, for the British Army 3.7" AA gun, as well as for Army guns and howitzers.
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