Requesting details for Russian fuze 3GT, for 76.2mm WW1, mine shells.

[ArtilleryManiac1916]

Your probably right, but threads like this that I have read in the past, once one answers, in this case yourself, then others tend to come on board also. I see that you are very keen on searching, I can only presume that you use a detector. Let's hope you turn up a gt 3 fuze then. Are you any good at taking a picture and posting onto a page like this, if you are, then is it too much to ask for a picture of your fuze remains that you took the needle measurements from. Thanks again for your help, TED.

IL do whats intended. Just need a little bit of time. Gt 3 is really common fuze.

 

[TED]

IL do whats intended. Just need a little bit of time. Gt 3 is really common fuze.

If this fuze was that common, then i should have been flooded with pictures and answers. Take your time with the picture request. I am of the understanding that a lot of these fuzes were manufactured in America for the Russians, is this you're understanding also. The body I have shows no maker's mark. Is there an sign of stamps on the remains that you have.

 

[ArtilleryManiac1916]

If this fuze was that common, then i should have been flooded with pictures and answers. Take your time with the picture request. I am of the understanding that a lot of these fuzes were manufactured in America for the Russians, is this you're understanding also. The body I have shows no maker's mark. Is there an sign of stamps on the remains that you have.

Excuse me.
It is common , its usually in bad condition so we dont take them. Theres good portion of detonated ones. Its problematic to defuse such one , thats why theyre not common in full condition. But the production number is millions.
and cut throughts of this fuze isnt popular either.

 

[ArtilleryManiac1916]

If this fuze was that common, then i should have been flooded with pictures and answers. Take your time with the picture request. I am of the understanding that a lot of these fuzes were manufactured in America for the Russians, is this you're understanding also. The body I have shows no maker's mark. Is there an sign of stamps on the remains that you have.

If you would sit on Guns. Ru , then you would get any answer you like .
The usage of the fuze had limited area. Geografically.

 

[ArtilleryManiac1916]

If this fuze was that common, then i should have been flooded with pictures and answers. Take your time with the picture request. I am of the understanding that a lot of these fuzes were manufactured in America for the Russians, is this you're understanding also. The body I have shows no maker's mark. Is there an sign of stamps on the remains that you have.

Yes. Ive wread about american prpduction , ive seen american shell but not in person.
Ive got a book. Where every step of pressing process is described.

 

[ArtilleryManiac1916]

If this fuze was that common, then i should have been flooded with pictures and answers. Take your time with the picture request. I am of the understanding that a lot of these fuzes were manufactured in America for the Russians, is this you're understanding also. The body I have shows no maker's mark. Is there an sign of stamps on the remains that you have.

Il give you the statistic of my own.
3/7 proportion gt3 to shneider m14 fuzes on late stage battlefields. 1916
And before january 1916 there is 4 gt 3s for 1 m1884 fuze. Atleast in my place. Yes its subjective and in Belarus region or Ukraine statistic is diffrent.

Everyone who could have given me the pictures and measurements , with respect either dead already or in war currently , or just busy. Others dont have the cut throughts. Welcome to eastern Europe.
Il try to get what you need. It is -15 outside 20-30cm of snow. Otherwise i would have been in the forest already getting the fuze for the cut through myself.
I had one wich could be used but i exchanged it.
Its like asking for cut throught of putilov shneider , its hard to get them safely and legaly but theyre common tho.
The irony is that needle ,broke of and my friend whom i gave the fuze took the measurments. Current holder is out of reach.

To admins , please dont ban this.

 

[TED]

Il give you the statistic of my own.
3/7 proportion gt3 to shneider m14 fuzes on late stage battlefields. 1916
And before january 1916 there is 4 gt 3s for 1 m1884 fuze. Atleast in my place. Yes its subjective and in Belarus region or Ukraine statistic is diffrent.

Everyone who could have given me the pictures and measurements , with respect either dead already or in war currently , or just busy. Others dont have the cut throughts. Welcome to eastern Europe.
Il try to get what you need. It is -15 outside 20-30cm of snow. Otherwise i would have been in the forest already getting the fuze for the cut through myself.
I had one wich could be used but i exchanged it.
Its like asking for cut throught of putilov shneider , its hard to get them safely and legaly but theyre common tho.
The irony is that needle ,broke of and my friend whom i gave the fuze took the measurments. Current holder is out of reach.

To admins , please dont ban this.

I don't envy your location on this planet, we here in New Zealand, know nothing like your hard ships, my condolences go out to you and all your friends, I can only wish you the best of luck at this point. We have probably spoken enough on this subject, someone else may read all this and hopefully say, yes i have one of those and I can answer the question. When, or if you come across the answer, you can add it and let me know, I will keep searching also. I sent Mr Fuze, in the US a question on this but have not heard back as yet, fingers still crossed. Remember that I have plenty of cross section drawings, but all are from the same side, until one is found that shows internals from another angle or a fuze that strips down is found then that junction of needle in cross pin remains unclear. At present, and this is my assumption only, is that the needle is passed down through the top of the tube on assembly and that there is a left-hand thread hole in the center of the cross pin, its top is flat, that can be seen from your photo, 1st sent. The needle passes through the threaded hole and across its rounded top there must be a screw driver slot, the needle can then be screwed home through that cross pin from the top of the tube and its head is brought down on top of that cross pin, the length of the needle means its point is now inside the bottom section of the tube and can't move sideways on graze, or come out of the chase cut in either side of the inner tube. Stay warm and stay safe, TED, NZ.