French 1951 fuze

[jvollenberg]

Images of the French MLE 1951 ...
It looked like it when on a trench mortar.

Dia: 22MM
Length: 162MM
Exposed Length: 94MM
exposed length W/O striker (body only): 83MM

Joe

 

[sgdbdr]

Good evening

I think it's a WW1 fuze. Exact name is "Fusée 24/31 mm Mle 1915 I.T.", found on trench mortar bombs 58T.
I.T. stands for Instantaneous Trench.

Regards,

S.

 

[jvollenberg]

Does anyone have a cutaway of this fuze by chance?

Joe

 

[orpheus72]

Joe,

You can find the fuze here: http://www.passioncompassion1418.com/decouvertes/fusees_collection_fr.html#InstantCrap
and cutaway drawing: http://www.passioncompassion1418.com/decouvertes/ImagesDecouvertes/collfus/InstantCrapPlan.jpg

 

[sgdbdr]

Hi,

Correction to my previous post : It's not 24/31mm, but only 24mm.
This fuze is also described in a US book (pages 41,42) "Manual for trench artillery, US army", War department doc no. 821, July 1918 :


Regards,

S.

 

[mogway]

Hi,
Some additional information.