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finnish projectile fuze

jhonni \

jhonni \

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Hi guys!
Help me with info about this head's fuze.
I've never seen early this model..

Many thanks!

Eugene.
 

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Hi Jhonni,
I'ts 81mm mortar fuze SR/33-23/31 ( copy of French Schneider-Remondy ). I can post a sectinal drawing if you need.
 
Diagram It would be not bad Tmine.
Very interesting wire's on the nose of head....what for?
Thanks fo info!!!
>>---------------->
Eugene.
 
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(81 Krh/38)
http://www.pohjanprikaatinkilta.fi/PohPr/aseet/81KRH38.htm
 
jhonni \ said:
Diagram It would be not bad Tmine.
Very interesting wire's on the nose of head....what for?
Thanks fo info!!!
>>---------------->
Eugene.
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I'll send the drawing tomorrow. The wire is a safety pin, you'll see it in drawing.

Didn't look it carefully at first as there are 2 safety wires on tip. Then it is model SR/35-v-32/41. Otherwise they both are near similar.
 
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The other object in the photo looks like a primer for a separately loading artillery gun. Is this related to the fuze?
 
Falcon said:
The other object in the photo looks like a primer for a separately loading artillery gun. Is this related to the fuze?
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No, it's primer-tube was find nearby with fuse in one trench...
These finds from Karelija (Karelijan front 1941-44)
:)
 
From the headstamp I can tell that i was made by Valtion Patruunatehdas, Lapua, Finland in 1941.

What calibre of artillery do you believe it was used for?
 
Here a sectional drawing of the fuze SR/35-v-32/41.
I may admit that this fuze is very hard to find in these days. When I still collected inert ordnance in the past I never had this one in collection.

The second drawing shows the primer ( I assume it must be this one as I can't find any other similar in my books ). It was used in several different field artillery guns from caliber 105mm to 203mm.
 

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Nice one Eugene. If you need more diagrams of Finnish WW2 ordnance items I have plenty of manual drawings.
 
I'm not sure if I see it correctly but SR/33-23/31 should have only one safety pin wire.
SR/35-v-32/41 has 2 wires.
 
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