unknown French bomb tail fuze

[pzgr40]

Who can give me a type designation and a drawing and/or descriptionof this French post WW2 tail fuze?
The fuze mechanism is comparable to the US M113, with a mechanism added to the backside that allows the propeller shaft to deviate a few degrees when the hole in the back of the tail is not complete straigt in line with the fuze hole in the bomb body.

Thanks in advance,
Regards, DJH

 

[Dreamk]

Most 1960s French fuzes were copies of ww2 US Fuzes:
The nose fuzes STA type 10A and 11A were copies of the AN-M103A1
The tail fuze LIP type 25 was a copy of the US AN-M102A2 while the tail fuze STA 112F was a copy of the US M112. Generally speaking copies of US fuzes made by STA were called similarly, just adding F for french: thus the M112 gave way to the STA 112F
This is most probably a STA 113F.
However I must say that I found traces in French archives for this period of testing of the following STA fuzes only:
STA 112A1 (called later STA 112F)
STA 118F and STA 119F
STA 116F and STA 117F
LIP type 25
Noise Fuze STA type 10A and 11A

 

[pzgr40]

Thank you for the info.
I assume they were used in the ww2 design US bombs and not in the later Mk80 series bombs?

Regards, DJH

 

[Dreamk]

Yes on the so called "intermediate series" = AN-GP bombs with Conical Fin Assembly.
The conical tail was produced in France by SECAN and was initially identical to the US pattern.
100-lb. G.P. Bomb AN-M30A1 with Fin Assembly M135 (1955) "bombe de 50kg"
250-lb. G.P. Bomb AN-M57A1 with Fin Assembly M126 (1954) "bombe de 100kg"
500-lb. G.P. Bomb AN-M64A1 with Fin Assembly M128 (1954) "bombe de 250kg"
1000-lb. G.P. Bomb AN-M65A1 with Fin Assembly M129 (1957) "bombe de 500kg"
260-lb Frag Bomb AN-M81 with Fin Assembly M135F or M235F