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No 119-1 DRILL Fuze

ron3350

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I ask if this No.119-1 DRILL fuze by WBB 5-40 is made by Wilmot-Breedon, Birmingham? Drill fuze should be blackened?
I thought they used the code WB and not WBB so may be a different company. It has a hole drilled through the body and base.

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A few answers here (from RAOS vol 4 Ammunition pamphlet 09 part 01 Artillery fuzes, gaines, tracers Amdt 1)

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Cheers,

S.
 
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