DOPP. Z. S/60 Geb.

[jvollenberg]

Question for anyone ....


We have pictures of the DOPP. Z. S/60 Geb. does anyone have any information on this fuze. We have information on the DOPP. Z. S/160 Geb. and they look like duplicates. But we cannot figure out why they would have dropped the 1.

Any ideas. I can provided pictures of the DOPP. Z. @/60 Geb if your interested in seeing it.

Joe

 

[jvollenberg]

Images of this fuze

Here you go ... here are some images of this fuze.

DIA: 60MM
Length: 90MM
Exposed: 74MM

So any ideas?



Joe

 

[Pascal]

Hello

Nice pictures, thank you.

It's a german mechanical fuze for mountain gun. 60s delay.

 

[jvollenberg]

60 is the time?

So I take it the 60 stands for the time?

So on the 160 Geb it would be a 160 second fuze?

Joe

 

[Tmine35]

Can you post document of picture of 160 fuze? I can find details of 60 only in my sources. Mountain guns have rather short range and I wonder what they would have done with 160 seconds delay?

 

[jvollenberg]

Interesting

Can you post the material you have on the s/60 Geb?

I don't have any pictures of the S/160 Geb at this point, but the information can be found at TM 9-1985-3 page 605

Joe

 

[pzgr40]

That must be a writing or stamping mistake, no shell -especially not a short range mountain gun- will fly though the air for 160 seconds, so there is no need to produce such a fuze. If there is one, it will shurely not be a round nose one like this, for long distance artillery it would shurely be a pointed fuze.

 

[jvollenberg]

Per OP 1666 vol 1

See image from pg 596 of OP 1666 vol 1

Joe

 

[Tmine35]

You are correct, I have the same manual but however I think there is just a misprint/misunderstanding in it. This manual says nothing about 60 sec. fuze which was a standard one in use. Further none of my German manuals mention 160 sec. fuze - neither I have seen any, but 60 sec fuzes though.

This would not be the only mistake in these WW2 US manuals.

 

[Tmine35]

Here drawing of 60 sec fuze. I may have the same in other sources as well.

 

[jvollenberg]

Yes

You could be correct. If I discover the 160 version I will post images. I am interested in how this typo could have happened in several versions of pubs writen at the time.

Joe

 

[Pascal]

Hello

It seems me it's enormous 160 seconds delay. Could you imagine an artillery shell in the air for 160 seconds (in WWII ?)
I guess no. (but I can be wrong)