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40Lb Demolition bomb AVRE movie
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Not a dummy fuze.. it is a spacer to keep the exploder bag at the bottom of the fuze cavity in place whilst in transit. The fuzes on low velocity, unspun projectiles were always less safe than conventional ones due to the lack of available arming forces such as setback or spin on firing. This is why mortar fuzes often have safety pins which had to be removed before firing.
The Ordnance Board would not have approved the storage and transit of the Petard round with the fuze fitted.
When i mean dummy fuze i mean transit fuze or should i say transit spacer like the PIAT bombs have. As you can clearly see a fuze container. Usually the spacer transit fuze, call what you like was put back in the container and thrown away or left out similar to how PIAT transit fuzes and containers were dumped or discarded.
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Very interesting to see loading procedure - I had wondered! Was it the co-driver/machine gunner loading, with loading hatch being above their position, I think??