eli5 Anti-Aircraft guns. WW1/WW2 era

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How did soldiers control the altitude at which anti-aircraft ammunition (flak) detonated? How could they know if the flak rounds would go off at 5000 feet, 10,000 feet etc? Were they magnetized somehow to detonate near aircraft? First post. Please be kind. Lol.

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Most flak rounds operated on fuse so the detonated at those cause that’s what the fuse was set hince why some round detonated early and late not really much more too it really

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