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Fuze Percussion Graze
Steve,
According to my boys' book of Japanese ammunition it is a Fuze, Percussion, Graze for the Chinese 82mm Mortar Bomb. A note in the book says they they may also be fitted to a Chinese 150mm [mortar] bomb 'but none has so far been received so fitted" (written at Kirkee June 1944).
Steve,
According to my boys' book of Japanese ammunition it is a Fuze, Percussion, Graze for the Chinese 82mm Mortar Bomb. A note in the book says they they may also be fitted to a Chinese 150mm [mortar] bomb 'but none has so far been received so fitted" (written at Kirkee June 1944).
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Fuzeman
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Jap Fuze
Hi Norman
many thanks , will look at my OP Cant find any reference in Op1667 will have to raid Sandys bookcase.
Steve
Hi Norman
many thanks , will look at my OP Cant find any reference in Op1667 will have to raid Sandys bookcase.
Steve
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Fuze Percussion Graze
Steve,
Its from the loose leaf binder issued to IOOs in India etc called Japanese Ammunition Leaflets. Issued out of Kirkee, poorly printed on pink paper - you may have seen the odd sheets sculling about at military fairs. I bought mine from Tim Harper, you can borrow it if you like.
Steve,
Its from the loose leaf binder issued to IOOs in India etc called Japanese Ammunition Leaflets. Issued out of Kirkee, poorly printed on pink paper - you may have seen the odd sheets sculling about at military fairs. I bought mine from Tim Harper, you can borrow it if you like.
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Fuzeman
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Fuze
Hi Norman
Thats very kind of you thanks , at least i now know what the inside looks like , which is good news i can probably unscrew that top.
im pleased its a fuze and not a plug?
Steve
Hi Norman
Thats very kind of you thanks , at least i now know what the inside looks like , which is good news i can probably unscrew that top.
im pleased its a fuze and not a plug?
Steve
Fuzeman,
justo going over some ot the older Japanese posts, trying to see what I've missed. The clockwise swastika is a common feature on many WWII Chinese fuzes, in some cases they were captured in quantity by Japanese forces and used, but typically are considered strictly Chinese. Several of them are on display in the Chinese Militray Museum, a couple more in the Japanese EOD collection at Cp Naha on Okinawa. JO
justo going over some ot the older Japanese posts, trying to see what I've missed. The clockwise swastika is a common feature on many WWII Chinese fuzes, in some cases they were captured in quantity by Japanese forces and used, but typically are considered strictly Chinese. Several of them are on display in the Chinese Militray Museum, a couple more in the Japanese EOD collection at Cp Naha on Okinawa. JO