German tail fuze Az36

[MINENAZ16]

Hello,

I'm looking for informations about the german tail fuze Az36 (mechanical for Nc50)
I've never seen any pictures.

Thanks

 

[millsbomber]

Hi, from this picture do you have a date for this bomb, im thinking its a early model and nothing was written about this fuse during the war, i have no records from the British and American papers, my papers start from AZ46,,,,,,, Dave

 

[MINENAZ16]

Thanks for your answer.

Found info on the web here : http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/ttt07/smoke-bomb.html

and my doc :

 

[Bellifortis]

Hallo,
from where did you get the name AZ 36. In the description on the website you quote there is no mention of the number of the fuze. According to my lists there were electrical fuzes (35), (38) and (39) which was developed before the war as a VT fuze, but never introduced. From the picture it is clearly a mechanical fuze, so the name AZ would be right. I'll have a look in my literature and will get back to you when I find anything. The end numeral 6 in 36 is reserved for highly sensitive AZ's. For mechanical fuzes the end numerals 1 till 4 were reserved. So 36 looks a little bit strange and does not fit in this system.
Regards,
Bellifortis.

Hello,

I'm looking for informations about the german tail fuze Az36 (mechanical for Nc50)
I've never seen any pictures.

Thanks

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[MINENAZ16]

Thank you.

The Tm9-1985-2 shows the same bomb without lateral fuze but the text describes another bomb with the fuze AZ46 (two parts fuze, lateral and tail).

Cheers

 

[millsbomber]

Just Checked my book and the picture does not match the description, here are my examples of the AZ46 which does not look like the one shown in the book,,,,, Dave

 

[MINENAZ16]

Yes, the Az46 needs her transverse part to be electrically armed

 

[butterfly]

From the reference books I have it appears the AZ36 was used in the NC-50 and the AZ46 used in the NC-50 D and NC-50 D See

Cant find any further details about the AZ36 to date, will keep looking.

regards Kev

 

[blu97]

Found this in the D.(luft)4310 heft 2 Nebelbombe C50, sorry the copy is not to good. Intresting is the last picture on how to deal with it.

 

[MINENAZ16]

Hello,

Thank you Blu97.
So this bomb with tail fuze seems to have existed and the fuze is described as AZ36 !

Cheers

 

[millsbomber]

Just went to my store and found i have one of these bombs as pictures, interesting to defuse you hit it with a shovel,,,,,, Dave

 

[MINENAZ16]

Whaou...!!

Very nice, thanks a lot for sharing Dave.

Cheers

 

[millsbomber]

US-SUBS added these pictures to another thread so i thought i would put them here also,,,,,,, Dave

 

[millsbomber]

A fellow collector visited me last weekend as he wanted to borrow a 50Kg for a display, while sorting one out i also found this NC 50,,,,,, Dave

 

[Bellifortis]

Does anyone have a picture of the fuze AZ36. I really would like to see it.
Thank you,
Bellifortis.

 

[Fusse2004]

There is no AZ 36! He is not mentioned in any provision Germans!

 

[MINENAZ16]

Is it a mistake in this doc ?

 

[Bellifortis]

Is it a mistake in this doc ?

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Hallo,
this fuze is interesting because none of us has ever seen it. I also never saw any documentation other than the one you showed to us. It may be possible, that this fuze is integral with the smoke bomb and not used seperately. There seem to be some extant models of the bomb still around, so someone should be able to take a foto of the fuze.
Regards,
Bellifortis.

 

[Nabob]

Hallo,
LDv 4200 Serie N

Cheers, Bob

 

[millsbomber]

I have been invited to visit a collection and have been informed that there is a AZ36 fuse there, if its true i will take some pictures,,,,,,,, Dave