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This Firing Device was designed and developed by the (then) Australian Army Design Establishment in Melbourne and introduced into service in 1966. ...

Entire disassembly sequence. What is covering the bottom of the fuse seen in the last picture, looks like paper?

You are correct, the split sleeve holds the percussion element back until the projectile hits, then inertia overcomes the resistance of the sleeve...

What function does "safety (split) ring" item 3 in picture D perform? To me it appears NOT to allow percussion pellet to slide towards the firing pin...

Thanks all, my conclusion seems to be the same as the veteran collectors here. As it seems to be a reasonable "example" of a correctly marked 105H...

That looks like a really nice example you sold, I wish I had known about it. :tinysmile_cry_t4: Thanks, that makes sense.

Hello, Several fuzes for depth charges are shown in manuals, often with same external shape. Herewith picture of one example of German...

Thanks, if anyone else has some sort of reference to it I would be glad to know. Found this on the "Helmets & Headgear" site, rather inconclusive,...

Thank you Tim, thats a great help, after i posted this i remembered that i had another case with the same C's on it but with another three letter set...

Gordon . Your one is probably WW2 . I have seen the same one in a museum long ago . The other one is more than likely a fake & definitely not WW1 ....

The two 'C's is an early Canadian Cartridge Company stamp. The 'EQO' is a letter string that appears on Canadian cases and is date ascending. The...

The name of the town where the factory was located is actually spelled Spennymoor.

Hi Shaun, Can you post a picture of what you have, or what you are missing ? Cheers Gary

poster from WW2

Thank you. Sorry for this stupid question but two different pictures with this strange detail.

What you are looking at is a three hole mine but with the shipping cap placed on the top. The correct shipping cap is the top hat cap on the right...

YES. very PLAIN, JUST LIKE THOSE OF 37MM.

It is a 6pr. Navy pattern (Hotchkiss with the American band) But with the absence of the crimp groove and no inspectors marks on the band it is...

L11A1 was the first gun and 130 were produced. These would all have been used in trials. The first trials would have been to determine gun pressures,...

This is the end of this photo group. More another time.

Seems odd that the lot isn't stenciled. There used to be a collector out west that took great pride in his paint jobs, often very difficult to tell...

Hello, Maybe I missed something but I only know SMi44 with three holes (fuze, primer, filling). I notice lexpev shows also two different...

I have 30 years collected German mines. I have never seen this fuze in life!