Fuze - Gallery

Gallery

  • Fuzes fitted to M107 155mm artillery shells, circa 2000

  • Fuzed 81mm white phosphorus mortar shell in 1980. Note spelling of "fuze" on adjacent boxes

  • An assortment of fuzes for artillery and mortar shells

  • British World War II 4-inch naval illuminating shell, showing time fuze (orange, top), illuminating compound (green) and parachute (white, bottom)

  • Fuze for a Stokes mortar shell

  • British No. 63 Mk I Time and Percussion fuze, circa 1915 - used in shrapnel shells

  • British No. 100 Graze Fuze for high-explosive shell, World War I.

  • British Percussion Fuze No. 110 Mk III, World War I, used in trench mortars

  • British No. 131 D.A. (Direct Action) Impact Fuze, Mk VI, World War I, used in anti-aircraft artillery

  • British No. 16 D Mk IV N Base percussion fuze, circa 1936

  • British No. 45 P Direct Action Impact Fuze, World War I, used in howitzer shells

  • Cut-away diagram of Japanese Type 99 Grenade showing fuze mechanism. Circa 1939

  • Cut-away diagram of a US M2A4 bounding mine showing the M6A1 pressure/pull fuze. Circa 1950

  • USSR pull-fuze designed for booby-trap or anti-handling purposes. Circa 1950s. Detonator assembly is inserted into explosives

  • Alternative design of USSR booby-trap pull-fuze, usually connected to a tripwire. Circa 1950s

  • USSR pressure fuze for booby-trap purposes e.g. victim steps on loose floorboard with fuze (connected to TNT explosives) concealed underneath. Circa 1950s

  • Italian TC/2.4 mine circa 1980s showing central location of mechanical pressure fuze

  • German S-mine dating from World War II showing fuze well into which a 3-pronged fuze would be screwed

  • Fuze for a German S-mine, which would be screwed into the fuze well on the mine

  • M4 anti tank mine, showing main fuze in the centre, plus 2 additional fuze pockets (both empty) which provide the option to fit anti-handling devices

  • Typical configuration of a pull fuze and/or pressure-release fuze attached to M15 anti-tank landmines

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