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FUZE I.D IF POSSIBLE ( No 1 )

earni74

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HELLO EVERYONE,CAN ANYONE IDENTIFY THIS FUZE FOR ME,AND IF POSSIBLE THE SHELL/S IT IS FOR.
hAVING HAD IT FOR SOME TIME,IF I KNEW WHAT IT IS,I DON'T NOW,THANKS
 

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Hi
It's a No6 UK percussion fuse LS Pettmann
It was used by the Land service for Common shells with a cross on the cap
eye protection and shells 24 pdr Common Marine.The eye of the spindle must be drilled along its length. A cross-shaped mark was
engraved on the storage cap.
Cordialement
Jean Paul
A john bartleson.jr diagram
British Percussion Fuze No 6 Pettman L., complete_1300x1672.jpg
 
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hi
Sorry
It is rather the naval version version of Pettman percusion fuze and it was mounted on shells 24 pdr Common Marine
a different john bartleson.jr diagram
BritishSeaServicePettmanPercussionFuze.jpg
 
Hello Earni, thanks for showing your old fuzes and thanks to those who helped identify them. Thanks also to John Bartleson for his diagrams. All very interesting. XT
 
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