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I am looking for information on the "Italian M27 Fuze" Spain or "Fuze A" Italy for 250kg bombs.

chispa

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Hello! I wanted to ask if anyone has any information on the "Italian Model 27 fuse." That's what it's called on the equipment used in the Spanish Civil War. I've located a couple of articles but haven't found anything else. I have one, and it's missing parts, which I'd like to rebuild to have it as complete as possible. It's a fuse that was used for 250kg bombs in Spain. It could be used as either a front or rear fuse, depending on the configuration.

This is an article:
The other is from an e-book:
"Catalogo de bombas y espoletas del Museo del Aire (1913-1939)"
Espoleta Modelo27.jpg
You can buy it on this website:

Sorry, I forgot to mention it on this site, but I can't find what would be technical data.
This one shows the multipliers and another diagram.
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The Italian documentation (Manuale dell'armiere 1931) gives for the 250kg Mle 1928 bomb the "spoleta No 20" - used indifferently as a nose fuse or a tail fuse (with the addidtion of an extension bar) on the 250kg, 500kg and 800kg bombs
Here're the details of this fuze (the text is in Italian)


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The British documentation (Italian Bombs and Fuzes, 1948) designates the fuze of the 250kg as "Type A" for teh nose fuze and "Type O3" for the Tail fuze ( gifven as a"modified type A")
Sopletta Tipo A text.jpg
Sopletta Tipo O1 text.jpg



And these are the "tavole didactiche" from 1939 on the 250 and 500kg bombs with details of their fuze:

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The Spanish documentation for 1945 gives indeed for the "modelo 15" = Italian pattern 250kg bomb, the "Espoletta No 27"
 
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Thanks Dreamk, I'll take a closer look, but I don't see any measurements of the internal parts. I think your images are better quality than mine (I could also make the parts by measuring and using a rule of three). I'll still look at it, and as I said, thank you very much.
 
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