spent 20mm fuse to ID - J-40

[Zeller]

I would need a little help to ID this spent fuse marked J-40, brass made
Thanks

[Steve T]

Looks German to me Zeller. Almost certainly not British judging by the split fuze and relatively long thread.

[TonyE]

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

[Zeller]

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.

[Steve T]

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.

[Zeller]

Steve, must be the hangover ...just checked and I also have some brass ones

[Steve T]

Lol !

[zwerge]

Could this be the fuze......Zt. Z. S / 30 Fg......

[zwerge]

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.

[Steve T]

Looks like the feller