Ho Hum, picked up another "boring" fuse.............

[Dronic69]

Hi All,

OK this is not a boring fuse, it is I believe a Japanese Type 2 Combination time and percussion fuse.

I say "believe" as there are no kanji/arsenal markings on it at all, which is unusual for a Japanese fuse and I'm assuming they were on the "cut-out"piece!

I'm not aware nor can find any reference to other countries besides Japan using this type of fuse??? - if anyone knows if it was in usage by another country please advise.

Robert (Bougainville) has an excellent post on this fuse for those interested:

http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/thread...pe+combination

and I would love to know who the lucky devil was that scooped up the majority of the other cut-aways that were recently on the US Ebay - great finds!!!!

Cheers
Drew

BTW - I think the "boring" jokes will be rolling on for a little while now! :-)

[darren]

Nice cutaway Drew, thanks for showing. Looks to be very well done.

I did see those cutaways listed on ebay but i did not bid myself as if i remember correctly the seller would not ship to the UK.

Darren

[pzgr40]

Thanks for the boring pictures
DJH

[BOUGAINVILLE]

That was a real boring find! A good score! It sure is a Type 2 and the internals match perfectly with the diagrams that I have.

It is just a shame that the person who did the sectioning didn't leave the markings intact and section elsewhere. I wished that I could have some boring finds like that. I missed out seeing them on Feebay as it wasn't listed under Japanese and nobody tipped me off.

Cheers,
BOUGAINVILLE

[ogreve]

Dito What Robert said, on ALL accounts. :O
...and yes, that does include me also having missed out on them!

Cheers,
Olafo

[Dronic69]

Hi Darren,

Yes it was very well done.

Robert / Olafo,
Yep not sure why they didn't leave even just one or two of the kanji characters.............hence why I ask if Japan was the only nation to use this fuse?

Cheers
Drew

[ogreve]

Hi Drew,

That last question of yours is more difficult for me to answer. Yes, it by all means looks like the Japanese one all-the-way, but I'm not certain if other nations did or did not use a similar looking fuze... Perhaps "Mr. Fuze" (or someone else specialised in fuzes) can answer that question beyond a doubt; I, unfortunately, cannot.

Cheers,
Olafo