Howdy Drew,
The top & fuse you picture are for a shrapnell proj, which you had in the other pic. HE shell would have had an impact fuse not time.
Regards Ozzi.
Mr Ozzi,
Hummmm, Hummmm, Hummm...........
Yep, a shrapnel shell normally uses a time and the HE an impact fuse.
Interesting enough, the No 56 fuse was both a combined Time and Percussion (impact) fuse, which later become the No65 more commonly deployed in WW1 (...so did they use the percussion function as a primary mechanism for HE - ( (tuned the timer for the max?) and as a secondary function when used on shrapnel, incase the time failed - it certainly didn't have say the US Sweet's selection mechanism............)
Do you know which impact fuse was typically used for the HE?
(I'll need to go and do some more research on this.......)
Also apart from the internal differences between a shrapnel and HE projectile, were the external dimensions and appearance the same? ie same fuse adaptors?
>>> Perhaps my HE was in fact a shrapnel, painted the wrong way (I did have an 18 pdr projectile done that way) <<<
Check out this beauty:
http://www.angloboerwarmuseum.com/Boer20c_techofwar.html
Is it a BL or QF projectile???
Interested in a pic or two of your 12 & 15pdr BLs - will PM you.
Thanks
Cheers
Drew
BTW - Why do I have a funny suspicion that these now may be in your collection????