1858 23 Oct. 393/2 His [sc. Armstrong's] invention also embraces a percussion fuse of his invention for causing the shell to burst on striking an object.
1875 E. H. Knight Percussion-fuse, a fuse in a projectile set in action by concussion when the projectile strikes the object.
1998 (Nexis) 17 June 6 The manifest of the Lusitania showed it was carrying..18 boxes of percussion fuses.