WW1 Shell Fuze ORD1492X1

British WW1 pattern artillery fuzes, coplete and cutaway sectioned.
Fuze, Graze, No 100 IIB. Impact fuze of a type fitted to a wide variety of High Explosive filled artillery shells early in WW1. Designed, tested and approved in only 10 days, its wartime record was not good. Superseded by more reliable types due to safety issues. These examples, rare steel bodied, copper plated fuzes, Manufactured by R.M.C. in Canada. 1916

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Image Size: 4462x2876 / 5.9MB; British WW1 World War 1 War explosive artillery shell Fuze steel TNT T.N.T. ordnance conflict history historic military army combat relic weapon armament vintage old conservation preserved preservation projectile barrage World War ammunition ammo Graze No 100 100 IIB Impact High Explosive R.M.C. Co cutaway sectioned
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British WW1 pattern artillery fuzes, coplete and cutaway sectioned. <br />
Fuze, Graze, No 100 IIB. Impact fuze of a type fitted to a wide variety of High Explosive filled artillery shells early in WW1. Designed, tested and approved in only 10 days, its wartime record was not good. Superseded by more reliable types due to safety issues. These examples, rare steel bodied, copper plated fuzes, Manufactured by R.M.C. in Canada. 1916