Tilting the prongs allows three striker retaining balls to escape.
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This downward pressure forces the assembly surrounding the striker down until the striker retaining balls are aligned with a cavity.
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The fuze head continues downwards, compressing a rubber cylinder which presses down on the striker assembly until two retaining balls are released.
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Despite the hectic pace in the first 15 minutes, Ajax still managed to play its normal tactics of retaining ball possession and waiting for an opening.
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Once the mine is armed pull pressure on any of the wires raises a central collar inside the fuse releasing a small retaining ball, allowing the striker to detonate the mine.
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As the pressure continues, striker retaining balls line up with cavities that allow them to escape, releasing the striker into the percussion cap detonator, this triggers the booster charge, followed by the main charge.
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The VS-N fuze is air pressure driven with pressure on the top plate of the mine forcing air into a diaphragm which exerts pressure on the striker until a retaining ball is forced into a recess.
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When a vehicle passes over the mine, the tilt rod is bent by 24 to 36 degrees, which allows retaining balls holding the striker to escape, which is driven by a spring into the MD-7M detonator.
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Sufficient pressure on the top surface of the mine causes it to press down on one or more of the igniters, compressing a spring and allowing two steel striker retaining balls to escape, releasing the striker, which is forced upwards by a second spring.
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