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BOCN Guess what it is

How about the bottom end of a 60mm or 81mm mortar projo where the fins or fin boom screws in.
 
hangarman said:
Back end of a cooper bomb? Hangarman
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No, not an aircraft bomb, it is mortar related but not a mortar body. You are really just left with a tail, a tail tube, a plug or a fuze - I'll leave you to chose which one and work out a reasonable designation. It is First World War vintage.
 
Fuze for item named after confectionery and fruit?, From WW1 - Losing the plot nicely here, as I thought it was part of the Body!

Cheers

Switch
 
Bonnex said:
Very warm in that this object can fit into one of those. So are you there yet?
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Lemon grenade..............pear grenade..............pineapple grenade..............but then you've said its not a grenade.
Toffee apple mortar.
Grape shot...........
Pea shooter.........
I'm running out of ideas now.......
Dave.
 
switch said:
Fuze for item named after confectionery and fruit?, From WW1 - Losing the plot nicely here, as I thought it was part of the Body!

Cheers

Switch
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Yes it is a fuze for a mortar bomb. It is in the numerical series of fuzes - can somebody just say which one to close this down?
 
Thanks , Norman . I can't seem to upload any pictures at the moment so can someone else have a go until I get it sorted ?
 
Bellifortis said:
What is this and in what model ordnance item is this to be found ?
Most of you will never have had an inside view like this. You can see this in high class museum ehibition displays like I did some weeks ago. You see this view only in the disassembled item or in a cut model. When, for a very short time, this was available for peanuts, absolutely nobody in the ordnance collectors community was interested in this also this is a very expensive precision item which will probably cost a few thousand $ to produce. pzgr40 probably will remember it, because a long time ago I saw a cut model containing this item which I assume to come from his hands, so he should answer only if nobody else knows.
Kind regards,
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Bumping up this one from Bellifortis.
 
Bellifortis said:
What is this and in what model ordnance item is this to be found ?
Most of you will never have had an inside view like this. You can see this in high class museum ehibition displays like I did some weeks ago. You see this view only in the disassembled item or in a cut model. When, for a very short time, this was available for peanuts, absolutely nobody in the ordnance collectors community was interested in this also this is a very expensive precision item which will probably cost a few thousand $ to produce. pzgr40 probably will remember it, because a long time ago I saw a cut model containing this item which I assume to come from his hands, so he should answer only if nobody else knows.
Kind regards,
Bellifortis.View attachment 77173
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Is it a torpedo gyroscope?
Dave.
 
Bellifortis said:
No, it's not a maritime article. Look at it closely, look at the surfaces.
bellifortis.
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I know that it's difficult to destinguish the material of the the surfaces in this picture. All the small specs are dust. As most of the serious collectors will know, good wife housekeepers refuse to touch their mates holy grail rubbish. The same in museums, superiors will never touch a dustcloth. So the artefacts accumulate dust. I have seen this everywhere in all coutries. It's a universal problem. So your imagination and feel is required.
Have fun,
Bellifortis.
 
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