I would need a little help to ID this spent fuse marked J-40, brass made
Thanks
I would need a little help to ID this spent fuse marked J-40, brass made
Thanks
Regards
Matt
Looks German to me Zeller. Almost certainly not British judging by the split fuze and relatively long thread.
Hi Steve - Happy New Year.
I don't think it is German, as I would expect it to have a two or three letter manufacturer's code like "eej" or similar. I don' know of any single character German codes. Also there is no Waffenamt or fuze type stamped. They usually have the fuze number like "AZ1501". I agree though that it is not British.
Location might give a clue.
Cheers
TonyE
British Military Smallarms and Ammunition
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Hi both, more or less same location of the greek case. Difficult ground, it was used by the austro-hungarians first and then by germans. After the war even british and american troops trained there. I will later post an interesting alu flare case I found there too.
I've seen some austro-hungarian fuses with the code J- and the year , obviously pre WW2. My guess is that it could be manufactured in Austria, used by germans, hence the code J-40. The german fuses for 20mm I have seen where always alu made, this one is brass.
Regards
Matt
I see what you mean Tony. Interesting piece. Happy New year to you too
Zeller - I have 2 20mm MG151 (20 x 82) rounds sat on my desk. Both have brass nose fuzes, both definitely German.
The Japanese Type 94 had a nose fuze of a very similar construction. Close.......but still not an exact match.
Steve, must be the hangover ...just checked and I also have some brass ones
Regards
Matt
Lol !
Could this be the fuze......Zt. Z. S / 30 Fg......
Last edited by zwerge; 03-01-2013 at 02:31 AM.
JEDEM DAS SEINE
I mean the 20mm fuze of course,the claus.espeholt site ID`s a Junghans fuze with the letter J on it also,just a guess....Pete.
JEDEM DAS SEINE
Looks like the feller
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