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Are these ELAZ 55A Fuzes with an anti-handling/anti-disturbance feature?

ChrisR

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Excuse my ignorance but I am familiar with Ys stamped on 50 Fuzes, but I have a couple of fuzes in my collection that are 55As with 'CPP Y' stamped on them.
So are these markings indicating they are anti-disturbance fuzes, or am I barking up the wrong tree.
And if they are, why have anti-handling on an an impact fuze, unless it was for bombs dropped too low?
Can someone please school me? I'm here to learn!
 

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The 55 or 55A was used in bombs specifically for low-level attacks against railway lines and earthen embankments. For this reason, a spike was screwed onto the bombs and provided with a contact head.
 

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Thanks for that. This is the first time I have seen a close-up photo of the contact head. So why would there be a 55A fuze with an anti-handling feature, or am I mistaken regarding the Y stamp?
 
I found this in my documents.
 

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bonjour, les seules fusées anti manipulation que je connais sont celles de la série 0, pas la série 5 qui est pour un emploi général
 
Hello every one, à traduire dans vos langues respectives, bonne lecture
Best regard
 

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