What's new
British Ordnance Collectors Network

Join over 14,000 collectors of inert military ordnance. Get expert identification help for shells, fuzes, grenades, and more — plus access our classifieds marketplace and decades of archived knowledge. Free to register, takes seconds.

another Fuze ID

It is typical of several fuze series, the M48 series, M51 series and M500 series. All were evolution of the same basic fuze over the years.
 
M48 Fuze

M557 Components.jpgWhat you have there is the main body of an M48 Percussion Fuze most likely an American wartime issue used on 105 mm and 155 mm HE shell.
See the circled item. you also have the small flash tube/connecting rod attached.
 
million thanks

Dear all,

Thank you all so much again for the quick dtm. Really appreciated!

Greetings from Sunny Holland,:tinysmile_grin_t:

Robert
 
Top