WW2 German bomb parts iD help please
Article about: My father or grandfaher picked these bits up during WW2 and made a doorstop by turning the nose cone around, it is solid iron/steel with a flat base. I can't find any images of bombs with th
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I read that the Russians used such bombs - The Steel Rod/Pole is there to detonate the bomb before it's embedded in the frozen ground and snow, which would lessen the explosive impact...I didn't know that the Germans used them...
-Glenn-
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I think the clockwork propeller might be Japanese rather than German, can't recall any German bombs activating this way.
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Here's an example of what I'm referring to...I see that the Germans had a similar version...
The nose extension ensured that the bomb would detonate before embedding itself in the frozen ground...
Glenn
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A couple of things are required for an identification. Firstly better pictures with a scale please. Secondly any known history, where you are, where might your father or grandfather have got them. Any markings or colours.
With these details an identification is possible but it looks a little odd to me at the moment The Italians use a fuze not dissimilar the Type O mechanical impact tail fuze, but.......
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vegetius
A couple of things are required for an identification. Firstly better pictures with a scale please. Secondly any known history, where you are, where might your father or grandfather have got them. Any markings or colours.
With these details an identification is possible but it looks a little odd to me at the moment The Italians use a fuze not dissimilar the Type O mechanical impact tail fuze, but.......
Is the Photo really that bad that I'm missing the thread!?
Is it a fuze? Or just a spindle
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Looks very much like a No.21/22 tail pistol
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