Recoved Fuze From D Day Practice Area

**Weasel** · 10th February 2008, 07:09 PM

Hi, This fuze was given to me years ago by a local farmer who had found it while out ploughing in a area used extensively by the US on the build up to D Day. I had always assumed it to be of US origin, Having looked at the List of British Fuzes on this site it would seem to be a British naval fuze. Has anyone got any idea which type of shell this would have been used on.?
Weasel.

**spotter** · 10th February 2008, 07:30 PM

Used with 6in BL coast defence artillery ..from textbook of ammunition 1936

**spotter** · 10th February 2008, 07:31 PM

from textbook of ammunition 1936

**TimG** · 10th February 2008, 07:44 PM

Essentially a Naval version of the 117 but having a shorter intrusion and used over a gaine. 5 marks. Introduced 1930 - Obsolete 1959
Filled by G.B Sept 1943
Greenwood + Batley, Abbeywood, Kent.
N - Naval

Any other markings

Regards

Tim. G.

**Weasel** · 10th February 2008, 08:14 PM

Thanks, great pictures Spotter i must try and get a copy of that book, and thanks to TimG for the other data on this i have had this fuze for about 10 years nice to find out about it. Short intrusion refers to the length of the striker? there is a small steel point about standing out from the bottom of the body about 6mm. There are no other markings that i can see. Except a small "H" in a square under the 4 of 9-43. The landward fuze would make sense as the field it came from is about half a mile from the beach.
Weasel.