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BOCN Guess what it is
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HAZORD, unfortunately I only have a very small selection of photos on my phone and I am currently away from home so I don't have access to my computer.
It is a fuze, and you are seeing the side of it. The silver post with the slot in it near the top has a coiled spring around it with one end of the spring in the slot. The orientation of the slot will actually show if the fuze is armed or unarmed. This one is currently in the unarmed position. This particular fuze is from an item that would not allow you to veiw the fuze so the slot would not be of any use. This fuze (or variant of it) was used in another munition and during certain maintainance operations, such as changing of warheads the fuze would be visible. Checking the orientation of the slot on the fuze would be one of the safety precautions to verify fuze safety before replacing the warhead.
Anyone want to take a guess at it, or should we move on to someone else?
It is a fuze, and you are seeing the side of it. The silver post with the slot in it near the top has a coiled spring around it with one end of the spring in the slot. The orientation of the slot will actually show if the fuze is armed or unarmed. This one is currently in the unarmed position. This particular fuze is from an item that would not allow you to veiw the fuze so the slot would not be of any use. This fuze (or variant of it) was used in another munition and during certain maintainance operations, such as changing of warheads the fuze would be visible. Checking the orientation of the slot on the fuze would be one of the safety precautions to verify fuze safety before replacing the warhead.
Anyone want to take a guess at it, or should we move on to someone else?
Well I am failing at this. This is the Rocket Fuze PIBD from the Rocket 66mm HEAT M72A3. These photos are a side view of the fuze and fuze casing. The window allows for the state of the fuze to be determined if the fuze is visible. The second photo is the top view with the rotor in the safe position.
![photo[1].jpg](https://www.bocn.co.uk/data/attachments/62/62473-b6a72b80bd312ecceb4c2764b560a876.jpg "photo[1].jpg")
![photo[2].jpg](https://www.bocn.co.uk/data/attachments/62/62474-28a193ce8bba271edeef84dccc081c08.jpg "photo[2].jpg")
Here is new photo, hopefully this one works.
Here is new photo, hopefully this one works.
Good one guys, its a rare round.
Tony Williams did an excellent article about this one:
http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/Split Breech.htm
I've just dug it out to measure it, its actually a 30 x 332.
In the second photo the projectile is facing towards the bottom left of the photo, the crimp mark can be seen a third of the way down the case.
Well done to you both but EOD got there first. Over to you.
Dave.
Tony Williams did an excellent article about this one:
http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/Split Breech.htm
I've just dug it out to measure it, its actually a 30 x 332.
In the second photo the projectile is facing towards the bottom left of the photo, the crimp mark can be seen a third of the way down the case.
Well done to you both but EOD got there first. Over to you.
Dave.