Absolutely, propeller armed fuzes were used in WW2!
As an example, a WW2 American 500 pound bomb could and would be fitted with two fuzes, both propeller armed. An AN-M 103 at the nose, and an AN-M101 in the rear. Other countries had other models on the same idea.
Even past the cold war, using propellers as arming systems on bombs continued. Propeller fuzes for 80 series bombs are found in the Afghan Quick Reference Guide, a book meant to help ID ordnance likely to be found in the field. Any American GP bombs found in Afghanistan would be from 2001 or later.
Propellers are just a really good system for arming something that’s being forcefully propelled, or dropped from a plane.
Absolutely, propeller armed fuzes were used in WW2!
As an example, a WW2 American 500 pound bomb could and would be fitted with two fuzes, both propeller armed. An AN-M 103 at the nose, and an AN-M101 in the rear. Other countries had other models on the same idea.
Even past the cold war, using propellers as arming systems on bombs continued. Propeller fuzes for 80 series bombs are found in the Afghan Quick Reference Guide, a book meant to help ID ordnance likely to be found in the field. Any American GP bombs found in Afghanistan would be from 2001 or later.
Propellers are just a really good system for arming something that’s being forcefully propelled, or dropped from a plane.