El ZtZ NUMBER 9

[satan18]

Not a bad example of the ZtZ time delay fuse

for the shr-500 shrapnellbombe (i think)

Tiny traces of red paint are on the body.

 

[waffenamt]

Oh aye!,nice one Phil.

I think they were also used on the photoflash bombs as well?

cheers

waff

 

[satan18]

Oh aye!,nice one Phil.

I think they were also used on the photoflash bombs as well?

cheers

waff

Yes i believe so

best phil

 

[Madbomber31]

Hi,

Used in the Parachute Flares, Photo Flash bombs and the ABB 500 incendiary container.
And thats the second one i see stamped like this.

 

[satan18]

Hi,

Used in the Parachute Flares, Photo Flash bombs and the ABB 500 incendiary container.
And thats the second one i see stamped like this.

Thanks for the info MB

satan

 

[Fuzeman]

Hi Phil
There are often various variations on the fuze , it looks as though this one may have been stamped by hand rather than machine , if the waffenampt stamp is no 123 its the inspector from Rheinmetall Borsig

 

[satan18]

Hi Phil
There are often various variations on the fuze , it looks as though this one may have been stamped by hand rather than machine , if the waffenampt stamp is no 123 its the inspector from Rheinmetall Borsig

Hi steve
Yes the waff stamp has 123 underneath it

Thanks for the info

phil

 

[Madbomber31]

Hi guys,

Dos any one have a photo of this bomb shr-500 shrapnellbombe.

 

[Fuzeman]

Hi Jack
this fuze was used in the photoflash bombs never in SC or SD bombs as well as the Parachute flares the AB500 containers

 

[Madbomber31]

Hi Steve,

It seems that they found one some where in Germany.
The bomb whas used against enemy bomber formations.
So i'am looking for more info on this one.

 

[Fuzeman]

Hi Jack that bomb was an SD2 with that strange sycamore wing, fitted to the (41) fuze it was to be dropped onto the attacking aircraft below. i cant think about dropping a heavy 500 kg onto the attacking formation the fuze would be too long a delay.that fuze would fit a 500 kg being a standard bomb fuze, i would love to see who dreamt that one up.

 

[Tarbelin51]

For me, we can found ELZtZ (9) on Shrapnellbombe Shr-500, Parachute-Leuchtbombe LC-50 C & LC-50 F Versions A to C, and G2 to G5, Blitzlichtbombe Bl C-50, Blitzlichtbombe Bl C-50 A.
But it may be that I am wrong.

 

[Fuzeman]

Hi would love to know what this shrapnell bomb is , as we all know the thin cased bombs were SC but they were blast bombs not shrapnel , as far as im aware the only Shrapnel bombs was the SD10 type 2 which had steel pellets inside

 

[spotter]

from german airdropped weapons book

 

[Madbomber31]

Thanks Spotter i whas looking for that one. :tinysmile_grin_t:
Also found out that they used a SD 250 and 500 for the same job only with the 89 fuze.

 

[Fuzeman]

thats interesting i stand corrected , so they used a standard bomb case and put in precut steel pellets.

 

[spotter]

Received my first EI ZT Z 9 today (thank you waff)
stamped EI ZT Z 9 cpp a 10 b

 

[Fuzeman]

Manufactured by Rheinmetall Borsig A.G werk Breslau
Steve