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grenade igniter ??????????
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This is not a Finnish M/32 hand grenade igniter. It however looks slightly similar and most likely has similar way of operation.
Finnish igniter you see here: http://www.lexpev.nl/grenades/europe/finland/m32mortarshell.html
As you see there are similarities but also differences. Definitely not Finnish.
Finnish igniter you see here: http://www.lexpev.nl/grenades/europe/finland/m32mortarshell.html
As you see there are similarities but also differences. Definitely not Finnish.
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Connection thread looks too small and too coarse for Finnish. Finnish grenades have had since 1932 until present day only W 16,5mm x 1/18" thread, which is rather fine.
Allan, can you measure thread on yours to estimate in which grenade in the world it may fit.
Allan, can you measure thread on yours to estimate in which grenade in the world it may fit.
Thanks to SPOTTER I now have one of these fuzes in my hands. In pictures you see on right an ordinary Finnish M32 egg grenade fuze for comparison. Thread connection in the "new" version is W"-12.
I have carefully measured and compared it to Finnish WW2 grenade manuals and have no doubts that it wouldn't be of Finnish origin. But the only grenade having been used here with the same thread is German M17 egg. However in all manuals only German BZ17 has been described for these.
Further not a single specimen of this fuze version has popped up here locally so far.
A normal length M32 fuze delay tube is too long to fit in M17 egg, therefore ( I think ) the body length has been extended outwards to maintain the same delay time. In first picture see the fuze attached on M17 egg.
Thus a wild estimation: In 1930's Finnish weapons and ordnance industry had very few orders from our army and they desparately tried to find export markets. Smaller lots of all kind of weapons and ordnace was delivered near all around the world.
So, this could also be an export project to somewhere ( also refer to Bulgarian made fuzes for M17 eggs ).
I have carefully measured and compared it to Finnish WW2 grenade manuals and have no doubts that it wouldn't be of Finnish origin. But the only grenade having been used here with the same thread is German M17 egg. However in all manuals only German BZ17 has been described for these.
Further not a single specimen of this fuze version has popped up here locally so far.
A normal length M32 fuze delay tube is too long to fit in M17 egg, therefore ( I think ) the body length has been extended outwards to maintain the same delay time. In first picture see the fuze attached on M17 egg.
Thus a wild estimation: In 1930's Finnish weapons and ordnance industry had very few orders from our army and they desparately tried to find export markets. Smaller lots of all kind of weapons and ordnace was delivered near all around the world.
So, this could also be an export project to somewhere ( also refer to Bulgarian made fuzes for M17 eggs ).
