havoc
Well-Known Member
This item i purchased recently as a normal ZtZS/30 Fuze. As with all my fuzes i strip and clean them. It came from Germany with a kwk He round i purchased.
It was still sealed in its bakerlite fuze holder. When i too it out all the side screws and base screws were still waxed and un touched. I removed the screws and took off the nose. This is what i found inside. The time unit has the inncorrect screws running through it, far too large heads, and threads too short to secure it to the base threads. The catch for securing the rotating leg was back to front, and the support legs missing.This unit could never had worked. If it was fitted to the shell it would never had gone off. Im 100% certain this is a sabotaged unit. The maker code is dlr, which i can find no reference.The fuze is a minter, a superb item, which clearly has never been near a projectile.
If you check out the pics you will see what i mean.The base screws are in place beneath the wax, and have never been touched, same as what the side securing screws were before i removed them.The wax is still present at the rear of the holes.I thought this could have been a post war fiddle, but its clearly not, its as found.
As you all proberlly know these items were commonly made by forced labour.It carried the death penalty for this kind of delibrate work. What happened to the peron who did this we will never know, indeed if they were ever found out.An unique piece of history.It doesnt fit in with my collection, as i only collect working units.I dont want to correct it, i think it will be wrong to do so. So im offering it for sale.
Please feel free to PM me or email me at kwkflak88@hotmail.com.
Many thanks for looking,
Regards,
Clive.
It was still sealed in its bakerlite fuze holder. When i too it out all the side screws and base screws were still waxed and un touched. I removed the screws and took off the nose. This is what i found inside. The time unit has the inncorrect screws running through it, far too large heads, and threads too short to secure it to the base threads. The catch for securing the rotating leg was back to front, and the support legs missing.This unit could never had worked. If it was fitted to the shell it would never had gone off. Im 100% certain this is a sabotaged unit. The maker code is dlr, which i can find no reference.The fuze is a minter, a superb item, which clearly has never been near a projectile.
If you check out the pics you will see what i mean.The base screws are in place beneath the wax, and have never been touched, same as what the side securing screws were before i removed them.The wax is still present at the rear of the holes.I thought this could have been a post war fiddle, but its clearly not, its as found.
As you all proberlly know these items were commonly made by forced labour.It carried the death penalty for this kind of delibrate work. What happened to the peron who did this we will never know, indeed if they were ever found out.An unique piece of history.It doesnt fit in with my collection, as i only collect working units.I dont want to correct it, i think it will be wrong to do so. So im offering it for sale.
Please feel free to PM me or email me at kwkflak88@hotmail.com.
Many thanks for looking,
Regards,
Clive.
