Whats this fuze?

[squeak6061]

Hello I am struggling to find what this fuze is.
I originally thought it was the No 80 but this fuze has a max time of 34 sec whilst the No 80 only went to 22 sec.
Any help would be great

 

[MINENAZ16]

Loos like a British VSM s/35 (maybe a krupp inspiration).
I assume quite rare.
Be careful your fuze is live (emissions holes closed)

 

[squeak6061]

have you any information on that fuze?

 

[squeak6061]

thank you. The fuze is 100 percent Inert i have taken it apart and x-rayed it myself.

 

[TimG]

With that thread and lack of taper seating, unless for export, it's not British. Does appear to have Krupp heritage.

TimG

 

[Alpini]

Yes it's a classic Krupp fuze. Not sure why Vickers-Armstrong made these drawings but I don't think they produced this type. Maybe just example drawing they got from Krupp. Krupp produced them for sure. As far as I know they delivered to Turkey (arabic stamps) and the Netherlands where it was called Tijdschokbuis No.5. I am just not sure what material the durch type was made from. A question for @Greif maybe? Other countries are possible.

It just one example of a whole series of Krupp S/35 fuzes. These 35 second fuzes were usually used for larger shrapnel shells 10 cm, 12 cm and 15 cm, maybe other calibres too.

Awesome example!

 

[Snufkin]

Vickers Sons and Maxim Ltd, not Vickers-Armstrongs.

VSM had a 1902-dated royalty agreement in place with Krupp to make any of the Krupp fuzes up to S/22 for a royalty of 14 pence per fuze, and above S/22 for a royalty of 18 pence per fuze - Clause 2 of the agreement attached.

Clause 5 is interesting for price-fixing.

 

[greif]

The Dutch Tijdschokbuis No. 6 was made of brass and only used by the Dutch colonial army (NIL).

 

[Alpini]

Thanks @Greif: that's what I was wondering about because most dutch fuzes of that time I have seen were made from brass.

@Snuffkin: I also meant VSM like MINENAZ16 wrote, sorry for this. Vickers-Armstrong merged later... Great that you found the original agreement!