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Are these 3 different 3,7 cm fuzes for the 3,7 cm Skoda M1934/M1937/M1938?

Hoeksel

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I am helping a collector for ID. Fuzes are not my cup of thee, but I suspect all 3 (edit: found a 4th one) are the same. Are they for the 3,7 cm Skoda M1934/M1937/M1938? Their name is then A.Z. N34 (t). I have no dimensions but they should be for a 3,7 cm round.

1 - Steel German made.

2 - Brass Skoda marked fuze, letter "C" which is typical Yugo or Bulgarian for the lot ID.

3 - Steel with Cyrillic marks. I first thought Russian 3,7 r-DA but as all 3 look the same it could also be Bulgarian for 3,7 cm Skoda M1934/1937/1938.

Edit: 4th - Brass Skoda made 1939.
 

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These brass and steel fuzes were used for the HE shells of the 3,7 cm Skoda M34 and M37 guns. Also used for the HE shell of the 4,7 cm Skoda M36 gun.
In your other post you are showing the same type of (brass) fuze only with the protecting cap still attached, which was soldered on.
 

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Hi
The drawing is from the Škoda company catalog promoting fuse for export (Germany) from 1939.
Example of the part drawing one of many here in the design of a H.O. fuse with a steel body. Drawing Škoda Mu 21658, Assembly. For 4.7 cm grenade.
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Akon
 
Hello,
2 export fo Yugo

APHE and HE fuze with marking 37,2 like yours. I would like to know wich country it refers to
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regards
 
Why would a steel wartime fuze have Cyrillic writing for Yugo? Yugo material was captured right? It makes much more sense to me fuze #3 is indeed for Bulgaria.

1 - German
2 - Yugo
3 - Bulgaria
4 - Czech

?
 
Some information about the fuse :In addition to the fact that Czechoslovakia "sold" all its ammunition supplies to Germany, including 3.7 cm. So the German government ordered more 3.7 cm ammunition.In addition to various other modifications for Germany ...... the fuse is held in the body of the shel by a safety screw. The German order has a knurling on the front of the shel and the fuse was tightened into this knurling (the use of a safety screw without a head was eliminated)Regarding weapons: in addition to infantry guns, such guns were also exported, including to Bulgaria (version A3)Unfortunately, I do not have any drawings, correspondence, etc. from the Bulgarian order in stock today. Export documentation is the most problematic because it was not sent (except for the army) so it may not exist on the exporter's side today.
What were the differences between the (A3, A 4) and each export case is a long study. The army did not allow the same design/performance to be exported.
On the fuse thread, there is a small recessed blind hole for this screw on the side of the thread profile. If it is missing, it is the variant I am writing about.
The existence of 3.7cm for Iran ...The same is for Afghanistan, where the delivery of 3.7cm ammunition was postponed and ended up elsewhere ...I don't know if they changed the markings on the body or not. ...
 

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