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The Bombatorium
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The fuze is steel, as the war went on you start to see fuzes - especially bomb - part steel then eventually all steel. The projo fuzes can be more difficult to find, especially in good condition. The rocket was a lucky find, just got it this morning at a local militaria show - 29 tables and only 10 dealers.
Grenademan2005
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What is the first item?
Grenademan2005
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In the first photo it looks like a toy 
Jeff, I hope you are well these days. Great Japanese stuff! I see you picked up a Naval type 3 mortar shell, that's a good find. The Type 1 47mm AP is scarce and the steel fuze for the finned bangalore torpedo is quite rare. The steel type 88 short delay fuze with shipping can is the first I've ever seen. I have two steel Type 88 instantaneous fuzes but not a short delay steel fuze. That's a rare one. I seem to recall you own a steel type 100 mortar fuze and now a steel Type 88 short delay fuze. Have you every seen a steel Type 93 mortar fuze? I have not.
Jim
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This is a great thread, I spent an hour looking at all these pictures! Great stuff. I really like that sectioned Japanese Type 91 spigot rifle grenade.
Jim
JapaneseOrdnance at Yahoo.com
This is a great thread, I spent an hour looking at all these pictures! Great stuff. I really like that sectioned Japanese Type 91 spigot rifle grenade.
I don't think I've seen a completely steel one, but in photographing different collections I believe I've seen one that was part steel, perhaps just the base. Need to dig through the pictures - Occasionally you see both the projectile and bomb fuzes where they only replaced one section with steel construction, not always the same section. It can make for some unusual looking fuzes. Just makes more to collect.... Let me know when you want to come back this way again and we'll dig out some documents and photos.
Caught an interesting gunshow yesterday. I picked up a small group of 20mm at a great price. There were more available, but after some discussion the vendor agreed that selling items still HE filled was perhaps not the best career decision, and they have since been turned over to a local squad for destruction. Still, the remaining rounds include a couple of .60 cal, five WWII German rounds and an interesting mix of US. So far all have cleaned up nicely.
Can anyone tell me the meaning of the markings on the gray projectile, front row, third from the left? Stenciled "F. IN" in large black letters on a gray background. Fuze is a MK 26, case is a MK 2 dated 1943. Thanks.
Can anyone tell me the meaning of the markings on the gray projectile, front row, third from the left? Stenciled "F. IN" in large black letters on a gray background. Fuze is a MK 26, case is a MK 2 dated 1943. Thanks.
Some nice finds today, plus a couple more that have been trickling in over the last few weeks. Apologies for any I've already shown - the rocket warhead I showed before - but it wasn't mine then -
Of particular interest are two of the grenades that I got today. The first appears to be a variation of a Japanese Type 99, or Type 99 practice. The fuze is soft lead, with markings shown magnified in the follow-on photos. The lower portion has been cut off, for unknown reasons. The fuze has a hole in the bottom going up into the body of the fuze. I've placed the grenade between a normal Type 99 and the normal practice version as well. This grenade has a normal open (fill-able) body, though the walls seem slightly thicker.
The blue practice grenade is the small bottom version, in excellent condition. It is stamped with a sideways T. The fuze has the short spoon and is stamped M10. I do not believe I have seen the support attachment under the fuze before on any I have handled, but maybe I was not paying attention. Is this common?
Of particular interest are two of the grenades that I got today. The first appears to be a variation of a Japanese Type 99, or Type 99 practice. The fuze is soft lead, with markings shown magnified in the follow-on photos. The lower portion has been cut off, for unknown reasons. The fuze has a hole in the bottom going up into the body of the fuze. I've placed the grenade between a normal Type 99 and the normal practice version as well. This grenade has a normal open (fill-able) body, though the walls seem slightly thicker.
The blue practice grenade is the small bottom version, in excellent condition. It is stamped with a sideways T. The fuze has the short spoon and is stamped M10. I do not believe I have seen the support attachment under the fuze before on any I have handled, but maybe I was not paying attention. Is this common?
Slick
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Re: the M10 fuze (cut back w/dirt cover)
Here's Lex's take on them: http://www.lexpev.nl/fuzesandigniters/unitedstates/grenadefuzemousetrap.html
Here's Lex's take on them: http://www.lexpev.nl/fuzesandigniters/unitedstates/grenadefuzemousetrap.html