Thread: Nose pistol No.873 Mk1

Originally Posted by bloome

Why is this one in blue? not yellow?

The illustration is from a Peter Voss book (a German eod technician), sadly enough the colours are distorted due to a poor reproduction process. The colour should be dark green.. not dark blue.

And some info on the UK No.17 cluster, the relic you are showing in post No.4 has two suspension lugs instead of one.

Originally Posted by Ammodillo

Several changes were made late 1943, due to Allied interchangebility and recognition (UK/US). Another consequence was the use of both suspension systems (three lugs) on airdropped munitions.

@Spotter.. maybe you are a bit confused about the colour. It reads grass green for UK munitions and Olive drab for American air dropped munitions.
The marking on the UK and US are different too.. the red filling band f.e. on the nose section was never introduced to the US scheme, later on the US used Yellow bands.
Bye the way the UK Yellow colour sceme could be changed for camouflage reasons too.. (just a wild guess)

Not me thats confused dillo ,i just quoted from the manual navord op 1665 which i did say was where i got the info from

Hello! Here times fuzes 873 mean as Schnittmodel. I got this fuze from Peter Voß from Hamburg. It stood on his desk, I got it as memory to a visit with him in Hamburg.Wie admits is, is it an author of the books of 98 British bomb fuzes until 1945 and 123 British bombs to 1945.ich hopes the pictures pleases you. Greeting from Germany Harry

Here times a picture of Peter Voß with a defusing English of a bomb.

Originally Posted by Fusse2004

Hello! Here times fuzes 873 mean as Schnittmodel. I got this fuze from Peter Voß from Hamburg. It stood on his desk, I got it as memory to a visit with him in Hamburg.Wie admits is, is it an author of the books of 98 British bomb fuzes until 1945 and 123 British bombs to 1945.ich hopes the pictures pleases you. Greeting from Germany Harry

Hey those are superb! thanks for sharing.

Schöne Grüsse.

Originally Posted by spotter

Not me thats confused dillo

yep.. it was early enough for me though according time stamp.

The actual Pistols

Are these books still available? I would be very interested in getting a copy, especially the 123 British bomb book! I am particularly interested in making models of the various ordnance types carried by the Swordfish torpedo plane, so the various 250 lb bombs, the depth charges (like the one illustrated above), flares, rockets and so forth. If any of these are illustrated in the same way, I would be very grateful for a sight of the pages.

Thanks in advance,

Tim Perry