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Russian Artillery Fuze Paper Weight

Brian Keith

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This interesting paper weight is constructed from the fuze of a large caliber Russian artillery shell. Can anybody ID it for me? Where/when was it made? The widest point is about 97mm and it is about 80mm high. From what I have found on this site, the Cyrillic letter УД , "Udar" stand for impact. It looks to me to be Czars era, pre-WW I, but Im just guessing. Thanks in advance for any information. I accidently posted this in the Bomb Fuze section, so I moved it here. Tmine 35 responded that it may be for a mountain gun or similar. He said the settings, 1 30 refer to flight time, not seconds, I didnt know that!
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Your fuze is for the 10cm Russian model 1909 Mountain gun shrapnel shell. The brass bottom part that it is screwed into is actually the top part of shrapnel shell.

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made in 1914 (14г) by Tulski Patronny Zavod (ТПЗ)
 
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