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  1. 4th December 2021, 02:31 PM #1
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    A couple of ID questions - 20mm and a projectile fuze

    Looking for country and fill type for the 20x139B, country (UK?) and model on the fuze. Also, does anyone know, other than experimentally, did the US ever adopt this 20mm gun or export this ammo?

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  2. 4th December 2021, 02:44 PM #2
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    The 20x139B is Italian.
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    Fuze : could be a British No214 mechanical time fuze (ww2)
    Any Live or Dug ordnance shown by me has been disposed of by EOD personnel .
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  6. 4th December 2021, 08:01 PM #4
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    As Minenaz16 states - It's a 'British' No 214 Fuze, which is a US manufactured No. 208 fuze utilising a Junghans mechanism as opposed to a Krupp-Thiel movement.

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    Thanks to all. Here are two examples of what I am referring to on the US 20x139B.

    20x139B 1a.jpg20x139B 1b.jpg 20x139B 2a.jpg20x139B 2b.jpg
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  10. 5th December 2021, 09:51 AM #6
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    The two american 20x139B are very nice.
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  11. 28th January 2022, 03:34 PM #7
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    Is there anymore to follow on the Italian 20-MM? Looking for internal diagrams and information on the fuze.

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