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Well, here's my very "limited" knowledge on German WW2 bomb fuses....remember I have only one of these fuses "somewhere".....:tinysmile_angry_t:
The "CPP" is the manufacturing stamp
The "A" is the standard fuse type
The "Y" is special deviation that has a anti-removal wire (obviously yours was never installed!!)
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Another fuze worth looking out for is the Y fuze this is similar in length to the (17) fuzes ie 3 screws in the head, 2 plungers and instead of straight sides this fuze was flared out at the bottom with a wire collar,designed to stop the fuze from being removed,the markings are EIAZ (50)B Cpp Y 8d.this fuze contaned a seperate circuit below the normal one with 2 dry cell batteries,and 3 mercury switches.its sole purpose was to kill the bomb disposal officer.who attempted to extract the fuze.
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Good info Drew but the 'Y' on those fuzes pictured is a batch letter.
The only time the Y denotes a special anti-withdrawl fuze is indeed on the long bodied 50 B Y.
Good info Drew but the 'Y' on those fuzes pictured is a batch letter.
The only time the Y denotes a special anti-withdrawl fuze is indeed on the long bodied 50 B Y.
At the time these fuzes were being dealt with during ww2 finding a fuze with a Y stamped on it must have raised concerns especially after the type 25 and 50b appearing with the mucury switches. At the time the germans could easily have produced a a type 55 which was a Y fuze, they didn't of course.
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