Russian 37 X 250R

[Slick]

In need of some cleaning and "coloring" and missing a piece or two. Am curious if the fuze parts are all there and on the hunt for an appropriate primer.

 

[HAZORD]

That is a very nice sectioned round Rick! I hadn't seen one like that before, especially the sectioned fuze.

 

[Slick]

Yes. Another gem in the lot. Still "finding" stuff.
And a thanks is in order to Mr. Anthony Williams for having the round pictured on his site, otherwise I would have had an issue with IDing it.
The shell has a very 40mm Bofor-ish look to it, which was my first thought. Am imagining it had a similar clip.

Rick

 

[bacarnal]

Rick, From what I can see of the fuze (should be a A-37 or b-37), it looks like it has all of the parts. If you take it apart, you should have a eccentric det rotor which rotates downward, 2 retaining pins for the rotor which is withdrawn by centrifugal force, a set back primer and anti creep spring which hits a fixed firing pin that initiates the self destruct, and a powder train ring that sits on the bottom of the housing that flashes through for the self destruct. Cheers, Bruce.

 

[bacarnal]

Rick, looked at again and I might be missing something, but the det rotor looks either gone or in the wrong place. Could you PM me with the nomenclature on the fuze and some bigger pix? I can look it up in the pubs and see exactly what you've got. Cheers, Bruce.

 

[Slick]

Thanks Bruce

As the PM option doesn't allow for pictures, I'll post the closeups here. Looks to be a b-37.

Rick



I erred in advising there was no picture posting option in PMs. There is. Gomin.

 

[Slick]

Thanks to Bruce's input, I went digging and found this in one of the resident fuze manuals. So yep, missing a few bits and pieces in the fuze, as well. Clicking on pics will embiggen.

 

[charley777]

Yes this 37x252SR round uses a clip similar to that of the 40mm Bofors....but it holds 5 rounds instead of 4.
Anyone got one available for sale ??