Help ID two items

[Buster]

I have been asked by an EOD unit to help ID the following items. The first two pictures I believe show a fuze converted to a plug. I seem to recall the the cross cut was an indication of this can anyone confirm this theory?

The second two pictures show a partially exploded shell with a Gaine, can anyone provide more details?


Thanks in advance.

 

[TimG]

Second item - 3.7" Gun?, HE, fitted No. 11 Mk II Gaine, Manufactured by M&R (not known to me) Filled RY - ROF Risley, with Lead Azide detonator (the presence of which should have dictated its fate).

TimG

 

[MINENAZ16]

Herewith, fuze No 12 D Mk IX converted as a plug (cross) on 4in common pointed (practice conversion)

 

[doctor]

I think the cross's mean obsolete fuze and not plug

 

[Buster]

Thanks for the replies. Christian does this mean that the fuze could still contain live components?

 

[doctor]

The fuzes i've found on shells are all live and contain HE composition inside (for example in a N°45 fitted on 4 in shell)

 

[Buster]

Thanks Christian

 

[jvollenberg]

Tim,

Does the 7 at the end of the RY provide the Lead Azide indicator?

Joe

 

[TimG]

Joe,

No, the 7 is part of the filling date 7/41 - July 41.

It's the 'Z' but this should follow the Mark number. However due to the proximity of the makers stamp, it's a bit tight for space there. Furthermore, the practice should have stopped in October 1940.

TimG