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H.Z.14 Fb
- Thread starter jvollenberg
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dano1917
RIP
Fuze HZ14, HZ14Fb and HZ14 Vorst.
First of all Joe, a very fine example of this German WW1 fuze.
Percussion 57.5mm fuze-denotator without delay for light howitzwer. The fuze is often impressive because of its weight when found on the battlefields because made entirely of brass. The models that followed the first one (HZ14 introduced in 1914) used a centrifugal force arming system (HZ14 Fb or HZ14 Vorst. Fliehb.), as well as a safety pin (HZ14 Vorst. Fliehb.) Equipped with a 55 gr. acid picric detonator was used with explosive or gas shells of
90mm K73/88 guns
100mm K97, K04, K14 guns
120mm sK 12cm heavy guns
150mm IFH 98/09 light howitzers
150mm IFH 16 light howitzers
IFH for Krupp light howitzers
This is a classical German percussion fuze with arming by combustion of a powder grain ignited by concutor blocking a stem in contact with the inertia block. !7 would refer to date of manufacture..Dan
First of all Joe, a very fine example of this German WW1 fuze.
Percussion 57.5mm fuze-denotator without delay for light howitzwer. The fuze is often impressive because of its weight when found on the battlefields because made entirely of brass. The models that followed the first one (HZ14 introduced in 1914) used a centrifugal force arming system (HZ14 Fb or HZ14 Vorst. Fliehb.), as well as a safety pin (HZ14 Vorst. Fliehb.) Equipped with a 55 gr. acid picric detonator was used with explosive or gas shells of
90mm K73/88 guns
100mm K97, K04, K14 guns
120mm sK 12cm heavy guns
150mm IFH 98/09 light howitzers
150mm IFH 16 light howitzers
IFH for Krupp light howitzers
This is a classical German percussion fuze with arming by combustion of a powder grain ignited by concutor blocking a stem in contact with the inertia block. !7 would refer to date of manufacture..Dan
yes
Yes, this fuze is at the Aberdeen Museum. Do you have any idea of the manufacture image code before the 17?
Joe
Yes, this fuze is at the Aberdeen Museum. Do you have any idea of the manufacture image code before the 17?
Joe
Dave83
Well-Known Member
nice fuze
at first realy nice fuze i have to say !
it looks like that top part and down part are not of the same fuze same kind yes but from two different H.Z 14 because of different markings or the fuze was modified later !
About the manufacturer i can not say anything sorry
wbr David
at first realy nice fuze i have to say !
it looks like that top part and down part are not of the same fuze same kind yes but from two different H.Z 14 because of different markings or the fuze was modified later !
About the manufacturer i can not say anything sorry
wbr David
I was thinking the same thing when I was conducting the research. I wonder if this was a German change OR was done by the the group who inerted it for the museum.
I did notice the manufacturing marking is the same on the top and bottom.
Joe
I did notice the manufacturing marking is the same on the top and bottom.
Joe
Der_Feldgraue
Well-Known Member
It seems that this fuze was modified during the war, so they xxxx-out the old markings and replaced them with those below. This was done, for sure, during the war and by the company who produced it. I've never seen this makers mark btw.