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PuW 12.5kg bomb fuze

Burney Davis

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German 5kg bomb fuze?

I have attached pictures of a Mazak fuze which I believe was used on 5kg Incendiary and 50kg HE German WW1 bombs. I'm looking for more information on it, including designation and a good cutaway diagram.

Does anyone have a 5kg bomb that they can show? Thanks in advance.
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Could you post some additional photographs of this fuze, under various angles?

PuW Fuze 12.5Kg (frag)
PuW fuze 12.5 Kg.jpg

PuW fuze 50kg (officially HE but in practice Frag)
PuW Fuze 50kg.jpg

PuW Fuze 5kg (Incendiary)
PuW Fuze 5kg Incendiary.jpg Fuze PuW 5kg (Incendiary) Deminest.jpg

PuW fuze 10kg (Incendiary)
PuW Fuze 10kg Incendiary.jpg Fuze PuW 10kg (Incendiary) Deminest.jpg

The B&W Drawing are from Adam Popiels's Uzbrojenie Lotnicwa polskiego 1918-1939, the color drawing from Henry Belot's deminest
 
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Could you post some additional photographs of this fuze, under various angles?

PuW Fuze 12.5Kg (frag)
View attachment 174736

PuW fuze 50kg (officially HE but in practice Frag)
View attachment 174737

PuW Fuze 5kg (Incendiary)
View attachment 174738 View attachment 174740

PuW fuze 10kg (Incendiary)
View attachment 174739 View attachment 174741

The B&W Drawing are from Adam Popiels's Uzbrojenie Lotnicwa polskiego 1918-1939, the color drawing from Henry Belot's deminest

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This is definitely the one, and with a great diagram. Many thanks DreamK.
 
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