ianjonesncl Posted 29 August , 2011 Share Posted 29 August , 2011 Good to know the days of picking up a bargain at the local flea market are not over....two for a tenner ! Type 80 IV fuze manufactured October 1917 Elswick Ordnance Company Type 102 III fuze manufacured February 1917 Vickers Sons and Maxim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Tom Posted 30 August , 2011 Share Posted 30 August , 2011 I wonder how many of these were brought back as souvenirs after the war and how many are still in family attics. Old Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodB Posted 31 August , 2011 Share Posted 31 August , 2011 The battlefields would all have been littered with intact No. 80 fuzes, as they were not damaged by the shrapnel shell bursting. Does anybody know what happened to HE fuzes like this No. 102 on detonation ? Were they destroyed, damaged or ejected relatively intact ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
18th Battalion Posted 3 September , 2011 Share Posted 3 September , 2011 Judging by the amount of them on eBay I would say the HE fuzes must have stayed more or less intact for the most part. I have a No.101 MkII where the threaded base has mushroomed from force of the explosion, but other than some gouges the upper part is intact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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