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mitch96

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3. As a side note the "VT" proximity fuze helped reduce the death rate from Kamikaze suicide planes during the

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Sun Oct 19, 2025, 09:12 PM

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battle of Okinawa in the Pacific war...The Kamikaze still took a horrific toll on the US Navy and it could have been worse...
"It was important in defense from Japanese kamikaze attacks in the Pacific. Bush estimated a sevenfold increase in the effectiveness of 5-inch anti-aircraft artillery with this innovation.[56]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proximity_fuze

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Recommending w/o watching bc I know this is an important bit of history. Thanks for posting. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sunday #1

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As a side note the "VT" proximity fuze helped reduce the death rate from Kamikaze suicide planes during the mitch96 Sunday #3