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probably added by someone to make the box lockable,you certainly wouldn't have an ammo can with a lock on it.just imagine at the firing point,"whos...

I found a picture of US marked Ross bayo on eBay, which I can't copy and post. Mine is really beat up, but I thnk I can see a circular structure...

Bulgaria would be a candidate too. Krupp started with these fuzes around 1900. I think Schneider started to produce compatible fuzes some time...

Thank-you Alpini, again, have you a date for this fuze? Depotman.

It's a french fuze made by Schneider (with a design which made it compatible to Krupp fuzes). Just difficult to say for which country.

I think 1888 +/- 2 years

Thank-you MINENAZ16, because there are no markings, does this mean that it is a German fuze? Depotman

Many thanks Alpini - do you have a date for the fuze? Depotman

It's a Krupp double Action fuze with the transport plug inserted. Denmark had a very similar model but not exactly the same. The Netherlands also had...

Thanks, it will be interesting to see that.

Falcon, At the moment, no. However, I'll endeavour to get the information in the next couple of weeks. TimG

I have had something similar before which I thought to be an unfinished 2 Pounder AA gun case. Does yours have a flash hole?

Thanks for the replies. Tim, do you have any pages showing how the training unit functioned which you could scan and upload?

The Krupp Export Catalog of 1892 and the 1896 supplement PDFs are now available in the Download section, filed under Guns. Brian

A lot of these were "Lend Leased" to the U.S. early in ww2 for training, maybe the number was applied then, but it's not a normal marking and I...

Hello, Belgian used exactly the same krupp fuze with marking EP. Romanian also had this fuze in service. Regards

Glad I could help :tinysmile_grin_t:

Hi, urg-86, good find, on first sight it looks that you got it. Thanks! The Prüfstecker on Bild 1 form the manual is pretty much what is painted...

Hi, I am definitely no expert according to air-dropped ordnance, but I tend to "Luftmine" in the meaning of "luftverlegbare Seemine"...

We used to see them in pieces on the range many years ago, but very hard to find as a collector's piece. Took me a long time to find this one. ...

Joe, It appears to be some form of inspection stamp - "MBA 15" TimG

from 119 Zinc and from the 3 inch or 4.2 mortar grenade fuze parts number 152 / 162