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Fusse2004

Fusse2004

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To the experts! Who has seen such a bomb before? I'm grateful for any information.
 

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It have a similar look of these :



Yoda
 

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The suspension lug is reminiscent of British designs, but the fuze looks like a Jap mortar fuze, and it doesn't have a spinner or safety.
 
Japanese fuze
American body
British suspension lug
Russian tailfins
Strange marking

Hum, hum, seems to be a famous mix !


Yoda
 
Yodamaster said:
Japanese fuze
American body
British suspension lug
Russian tailfins
Strange marking

Hum, hum, seems to be a famous mix !


Yoda
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The fuze is definitely a stuffer, the paint job and the tail are obviously not original and not even correct.
A bunch of US bombs were manufactured with a simple lug on the other side for dive bombers.
 
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