Dutch 25 Pr

[blu97]

Here some pics of a Dutch manufactured 25 Pr. The Dutch army used yhe 25 Pr from W II until the late 80's and made the ammunition for it. Her the Nr 74 which is specialy made to use the VT fuze T-97. Enjoy.

 

[Darren]

Here some pics of a Dutch manufactured 25 Pr. The Dutch army used yhe 25 Pr from W II until the late 80's and made the ammunition for it. Her the Nr 74 which is specialy made to use the VT fuze T-97. Enjoy.

Thanks for showing, that is a great cutaway example!

Darren

 

[pzgr40]

Great stuff. I did not know these VT fuzes were used on common artillery shells. Thought they were meant for Anti aircraft use only.
Regards, DJH

 

[spotter]

Saw these 25pdrs a couple of years ago in Holland cant remember but are these Dutch as well ?
sorry for poor quality images

 

[blu97]

Hi spotter the first 2 are manufactured in Holland, the illuminating has a mechanical time fuze not sure about the number Nr 40? and is of the DIXI type.

 

[spotter]

Thank you Blu

 

[blu97]

VT fuzes where used a lot in artillery ammunition even in the second world war, in the most soutern part of holland sometimes we find 105 mm's with a VT fuze.

 

[bacarnal]

Great stuff. I did not know these VT fuzes were used on common artillery shells. Thought they were meant for Anti aircraft use only.
Regards, DJH

VT is used for airburst on the target and largely took the place of MT for that role, though ET might have caught up with it. It's a SPECIAL day when you're on a ridge with an Observation Point (OP) observing the impacts on a target island and the VT fuzed 155mm HE rounds range on the ridge instead of the target. FUN, FUN!