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Unknown Fuze

peteblight

peteblight

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Sorting out my hard drive this morning and came across this fuze.
Any ideas on the country of origin?

Pete

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it should be made by Skoda in Czechoslovakia between the wars. But I can't tell you for which arabic customer it was made.
 
Hi pete, I have seem markings like 105-24 on ammunition on German ammunition and fuzes exported to Afghanistan before the second world war. I think 105 is for the caliber of the gun.
Atached is a picture om a 81 mm rheinmetal mortar bomb produced for Afghanistan here you see that typical marking as 81-15.
 

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yes, your memory works well :) I remembered the same fuzes, but they have a different graduation on the rings and not sure if fuzes for Turkey of that time would have latin letters.
 
I am quit sure the are aghani, I found out in a year book from rheinmetal that the exported 81 mm mortars and their rounds and 75 mm guns with ammo to afganistan.
 
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mogway said:
What 's the mortar name?
Thanks
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"81mm Flgelminenwerfer L/15" as Rheinmetall designated it.

Hungary used the same rounds just manufactured them in country on basis of a Rheinmetall licence I guess.
 
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