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105mm smk m84 b1

MINENAZ16

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Ordnance approved
Hello,
Found a fired US 105mm M84B1 smk from ww2 with uncommon fuze.
I assume M48 (I usually see this shell with M54).
Regards

105MM M84 B1.jpg105MM M84 B1 FUZE.jpg
 
Looks like impact SQ/DELAY. Someone might have been in a hurry and thought it was an HE at night. I've seen two 155 Flare projectiles fired with the shipping rings instead of fuzes.

They might have wanted a high density of leaflets. The old M84 took the smaller diameter fuzes. You can see that the HE from the fuze accelerated the black powder expulsion charge and bulged the body. The black powder detonated instead of deflagration.
 
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