Cannon rounds

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Originally Posted by Strike

On another note later ammunition types are proximity fuzed being able to detect targets by miniature radars.

Americans started using radar detonated artillery rounds during the later parts of the war I believe against the germans. Instead of digging into the ground before exploding, the proximity radar in the nose of each shell would go off at a given height above ground (say 1-2 meters) effectively barraging the area with shrapnel, where the older rounds would leave probably 50% of the shrapnel under ground.

American Prox. fuses were only for large artillery and naval guns, and came in the late stages of the war, especially in the ETO.