Russian Artillery Fuze Paper Weight

[Brian Keith]

This interesting paper weight is constructed from the fuze of a large caliber Russian artillery shell. Can anybody ID it for me? The widest point is about 97mm and it is about 80mm high. From what I have found on this site, the Cyrillic letter УД , "Udar" or impact. It looks to me to be Czars era, pre-WW I, but Im just guessing.Thanks in advance for any information.
BKW

 

[Tmine35]

Can you tell what is the highest number on gradiation ring? ( not the 29 that we can see on picture ). That will tell a lot as there are several near identical ones.

 

[Brian Keith]

Yes, it is marked from 1 to 30, I guess the photo dosn't show the 30 mark.
BKW

 

[Brian Keith]

I just realized I put this in the wrong fuze section, pardon me.
BKW

 

[Tmine35]

Quite interesting, I can't find this in Finnish WW2 ammo manual which covers a lot of captured Russian ammo used in Finland. Therefore it mus be quite scarce/limited use. Also the marking 1 to 30 shows a very short burning time ( the numbers do not refer to seconds but to a flight time from a specified gun ), thus a wild guess it would be it's for a mountain gun or similar.
Hopefully some other member has better information for you.

 

[Brian Keith]

Thanks for looking Tmine35. I just looks to me to be pre-WW I so may not show up in a WW II era reference.
I have a small Finnish trench art shell I will be posting for ID, you may be able to help me on that one.
I will repost this thread in the proper fuze section.
BKW

 

[Tmine35]

If I see the last picture correctly your fuze was made in 1914.
After 1917 Finland had a lot of Russian armament left behind by retreating Russians. In WW2 we still used the most part of that + during WW2 we captured a lot more of the same that still was in Russian use.

 

[Brian Keith]

The stamping on the underside looks to be "14r. 3" so I take it that would be the manufacture date of, March, 1914?
I posted the small shell in the "Identification" section.
Thanks!
BKW