Fuze No420 from anti submarine bomb (hedgehog)

[spotter]

Fuze part from Hedgehog anti submarine bomb

Item 1 total length approx 15cm main part of body approx 4cm across

 

[spotter]

Re:urgent id and info please item 1

item 1 continued

 

[Madbomber31]

Re:urgent id and info please item 1

Hi Spott is the text on it No .20 or something??
Looks like a bit of a time fuze for Art. Shell.

Cheers MadB)

 

[spotter]

Re:urgent id and info please item 1

It looks like No420

 

[spotter]

Re:urgent id and info please item 1

Right just referenced the fuze from the List of fuzes and found the No420 ,it says there it was used with the "Hedgehog" or 100lb anti-submarine bomb..Did a google and found this picture showing a very similar looking fuze,,the one i posted has again been robbed of all the good bits

 

[roller63]

Re:urgent id and info please item 1

Like this ?

 

[Madbomber31]

Re:urgent id and info please item 1

Thank god bin looking for 45 min. now :S in al doc's i have.
Good one Spott
yes to bad

Cheers Mad B)

 

[spotter]

picture of complete bomb fitted with fuze,
from liverpool maritime museum

 

[Ammodillo]

..the complete pic Spott showed and the Mk 10 launcher

 

[waffenamt]

Great write up lads!
I watched a good show on the new military channel on sky(531)and it showed a rack of these being launched at a sub.

cheers

waff

 

[MINENAZ16]

Hello,

Could it be this one ? (picture)

I think this fuze has the same functionning as US Mk156 and Mk158 for 7.2in AS charge.

Cheers

 

[MINENAZ16]

Hello,

I found nice pictures of British 7.2in Hedgehog with No 420 fuze.

I don't have doc. on this fuze. Is it a Always fuze like US Mk156/158 for US 7.2 Hedgehog ?

 

[pzgr40]

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[kz11gr]

In the HMS Lawford