Japanese Fuse

[jonnyc]

Rick, I started here, didn't I?
When I have them in-hand I will post more pics to answer some of the questions.
Thanks for the info so far.

[ogreve]

For actual photos of a 75mm projectile sporting a 3rd Year fuze I think that Ogreve (Olafo) might have a some.

Aye... Sure do.
Check the 75x185R and 75x294R shrapnel projectiles in the attached pictures; as far as I can tell from the pictures (that is: without walking up to the actual rounds) all of those have the Type 3rd-Year fuze, this has a time scale that goes to 22 seconds. Same for the 105x243R HE-Substitute round; it too has such a fuze. Incidentally, you can see both it's predecessor and it's successor too in the pictures.The former being a much older kind, having a scale going to only 18 seconds. I don't know a Type number of it, but the earliest specimen I have is from 1901; well before the Type 3rd-Year fuze was accepted into service (3rd-year = Taisho year 3 = 1914). These smaller fuzes can be seen on the 'short' 75mm shrapnel projectiles. The successor of the Type 3rd-year fuze, being the Type 5th-year fuze (i.e. acceptance: 1916) has a time scale running up to 36.6 seconds. It is taller than the Type 3rd-year fuze and it can be seen on the two 105mm Shrapnel projectiles.
For all mentioned rounds/projectiles: check the legend below each image (and correlate that to the numbers in the pictures) for checking which item is what. :P

Cheers!
Olafo

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[Slick]

Yea. Olafo. I KNEW there was a guy that showed up here, on occasion, by that name. With a well organized collection of Japanese goodies.

WELCOME BACK, OLAFO!!!! :-)

Rick

[ogreve]

Hehehe, hi there right back at ya Rick...
Yeah, you're quite right for telling me off... Man, work's been a b*tch lately, and you know what they say: "all work, and no play..." :S
Anyway; I see I missed some interesting discussions about Japanese ordnance, and it was only by chance that I noticed Robert's remark about me having such items. I'll try to better my live and tap in here more frequently again....:P

Cheers mate!
Olafo

[Bigboom]

Hey, thanks again BOUGAINVILLE! And Olafo, the pics of the projectiles with the fuzes installed are great! Thanks! This site is the best...