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British no 211 fuze

Burney Davis

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As I understand it, the no 211 is the naval version of the no 208, which itself was a modification of the no 207. I have not found any reference to it's use. My question is which gun would this have been used with? Would it have been the 3.7", 4.5" or 5.25" AA guns for instance? Also, did the 3.7" AA gun ever enter naval service?

Thanks in advance.
 
The 208 & 211 differed from the 207 in that they had an integral CE magazine, whereas the 207 used a separate gaine.

The 211 was used in HE shells 4" - 8" and Target Smoke Shell 5.25" and below.

There is no apparent record of the 3.7" AA Gun being used aboard vessels of the fleet (ignoring D. Day and kindred specials).

TimG
 
I have slightly different info on the No. 211 from an unpublished Ian Hogg source:

211 Fuze, Time, Mechanical, No 211
Design NOD 4181. Krupp-Thiel mechanism, 43 seconds running time. The naval version of the Fuze No 208, used only with 525in AA guns in HM ships. Graduated 00-21. It was fitted with a direct action head in place of the nose cap in 1951 and then became the Fuze, T&P N3. See OB Proc Q6989.
Mk 1 §B4561 of 12/6/1941
No record of obsoletion

Regards, Depotman
 
The Navy may well have called it NOD 4181 in order to disguise its heritage, but it was/had been DD/L/9300C and the 208 was DD/L/9300B. It was probably the DD/L/ they didn't like.

Following is an extract from BR 932 Handbook of Ammunition 1945 (Royal Navy)

211.jpg

TimG
 
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