Zt. Z. S / 30 Fg.

[Dutch]

A few day's ago I recieved a box with a German fuse, written on it;


Zt. Z. S / 30 Fg.


For what kind of granade it was used for?

Tx in advance

 

[Weasel]

Hi Dutch,
the fuze in question was used in the German WW2 8.8cm AA role, and possibly some other rounds.
Best Weasel.

 

[Dutch]

Thanks Weasel,

The only thing what was written on the box and fuse is Junghans
The second one, also from Junghans I could identify as a 2 cm flak fuse. Hope I be correct

Rgds
Dutch

 

[Fjordhouse]

This is a realy nice original factory cut, very hard to find, regards Ben

 

[Dutch]

Ben, here is the first one.

Rgds

 

[Darren]

Ben, here is the first one.

Rgds

Very very nice! Thanks for showing.

Darren

 

[butterfly]

Quality items are always great to see, thanks for showing these impressive fuzes!!

regards Kev

 

[Dronic69]

Hi Dutch,

Firstly beautiful fuzes!!!

"Zt Z S/30 Fg" - Zeitzunder 30 Sekunden mit Fliegewicht

It's a 30 second mechanical time fuse with the Junghans centrifugal drive mechanism replacing the Krupp-Thiel clockwork system.

These were used on most of the large calibre Flak guns -
8.8cm Flak 18, 36, 37 & 41
10.5cm Flak 38 & 39
12.8cm Flak 40 & 45

Interesting I couldn't find a reference to the "2cm" but only 3.7cm and 5cm self-destruction nose fuses............however the "2cm Kpf Z Zerl Fg" translates to:

"2cm nose fuse using a centrifugal mechanism to self-destruction"
A striker was kept from a detonation by a centrifugal bolt assembly, but the effect lessened with the reduction in spin towards the end of the shell's flight so a spring was able to force the bolt back, releasing the striker to fire the fuse.

Cheers
Drew

 

[EOD]

Dutch, both fuzes were developed by Junghans. So your items are genuine and great to see at all. Well done!

 

[Grenademan2005]

Yeah, very nice ones. Congrats.