Talk:Magnetic proximity fuze

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Should the title be changed to Magnetic proximity fuze? See Proximity fuze. Biscuittin (talk) 21:51, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, of course it should. Andy Dingley (talk) 22:02, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your notes, I have made some changes. I agree that "charge carrier" is unclear. I think "primer" or "detonator" would be more appropriate. Reading the patent, I think "charge carrier" refers to the casing of the mine. Biscuittin (talk) 08:46, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If I read "charge carrier" in an article on magnetic devices, my first thought is Hall effect.

Overall I find this article to be so patchy on important content (the German naval mines) that the encyclopedia would be better off without it. It probably warrants merging to some other, larger, article somewhere. Even for the scope of land mines, it omits the Soviet off-track mines with magnetic fuzing (and also their anti-handling behaviour, as they don't like to be moved within the Earth's field, once armed). Andy Dingley (talk) 08:56, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Naval mine isn't a great article and appears to largely omit coverage of the WW2 magnetic mines. It hints at them, but there isn't the detail there ought to be.Andy Dingley (talk) 09:02, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think the author of the article has misinterpreted "charge carrier" to mean "detonator". The patent of June 13, 1995 [1] refers to "A magnetic proximity fuse for initiating a charge of a moving charge carrier". The word moving surely means that the charge carrier is the projectile. Biscuittin (talk) 19:12, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Charge carrier" is surely the main charge, not the detonator or booster. Andy Dingley (talk) 19:35, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have changed "charge carrier" to "detonator" because it is the only thing that makes sense to me. You are welcome to change it again if you disagree. Biscuittin (talk) 20:58, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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