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55 A y

eod si

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hi guys found your interesting site through google and hope you can help.

i have a 55 A fuze, which also a has a y marking and was hoping anybody can shed some light onto how this particular beast operates.

thanks for any info you can spare.
 
Hi The (55)a fuze has a rolled steel case and a wire protruding out of the shoulder this attaches to a nose switch and is used on amongst others the 50 kg bombs with Dinort rod a steel rod designed to explode the bomb above ground.
the Markings should read EIeAZ(55)A then the 3 letter code ie CPP letter Y then a waffenam,pt stamp and finally batch number
Steve
There is a picture of the nose switch in the fuze section
 

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thanks for the info fuzeman, no doubt i will be asking for a bit more help in the future. i am currently trying to catalogue a collection, with quite a few pieces i dont know.
 
thanks for the info fuzeman, no doubt i will be asking for a bit more help in the future. i am currently trying to catalogue a collection, with quite a few pieces i dont know.

No worries pal,

As Steve says,they are a few of us in BOCN that can help you out.Lots of bomb fuze fans here!:tinysmile_shy_t:

best

waff
 
I just bought a EI e AZ 55 A on auction yesterday,it also has the "Y" stamp does this indicate this is anti handling in this type of fuze as well..
 

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Hi The Y on the (55)A fuze means an Extra item has been fitted in this case it was a nose switch
 
Aye,i got caught out with that one too Spott! I once thought had bought a `Y` fuze for a tenner! :xd:
Still nice fuze to have.

best

waff
 
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