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Fuze id please

spotter

UBIQUE
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Can anyone id this fuze please ,and if possible provide a sectioned drawing of it..I was told its Italian,
Stamped... I 81 ga IP 1 43

thanks for looking allan
 

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hello Sir spotter..:)

It looks like a France origin v-18 fuze?

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andrew
 
Here is the closest one from the book youngbrain listed.
 

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Italian ID

Hi spotter,

You have a second war Italian morter fuze. Afraid I don't have a sectioned drawing or the correct designation to hand but here is a picture with the foil cap off.

BD
 

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Hello

I found this, it's french, for 81mm mortar (and more later 120mm).
 

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Spotters fuze is not French, although it is (almost) identical to the V18, which has a brass body - I don't believe the French made this model in Aluminium. The markings on the fuze are definitely Italian. the Date is marked 1 over 43 (Jan 1943) and although you cannot see it in the picture I suspect there is a star symbol beside the date.

BD
 
hello all thanks for your responses here..Yes Burney there is a small star .
attatched a pic of inside the fuze(not final finish)
 

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