Bomb fuze ID please

[Burney Davis]

I have had this item for a number of years and thought it was time I got a definitive ID on it. I have always assumed it was to adapt French shells for aerial use, as the only thread fits those shells. Can anyone please advise age, and actual use?

Thanks

 

[MINENAZ16]

Never seen this fuze.
Nothing in our books.
Uncommon yellow paint (!)
We had a lot of bomb fuzes with 24mm thread. This one seems to be made for special fitting (picture1). Not made to be screwed in a common gaine adapter, the body would exceed too much (picture2)

 

[Burney Davis]

Certainly not aerodynamic! And of course the paint is not original, I will strip it back. There might be markings under the paint but not that I can see. Is there a reason to seat the fuze thread so deep into a bomb or projectile? I have attached a picture of the inside and det.

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[MINENAZ16]

Very intersting internal device. Looks like an "all-ways fuze"

We had all-ways fuzes screwed deep (type O and C1) because the bomb (Dropped at low altitude) was fitted with a kind of ballistic cap.