Quick Identification Of Fuzes

 

On the following two pages are numbered examples of selected artillery projectile fuzes. The numbers correspond to the following fuzes.   In order to show the fuzes for identification the pages are large in size so be patient with the download times.

Quick fuze ID - Page 1

 

Quick fuze ID - Page 2

 

(1) Packet of five 10 second paper time fuzes from Frankford Arsenal

(2) Packet of five 10 second paper time fuzes

(3) Arrick "Eureka" time fuze, brass

(4) Absterdam percussion fuze, brass

(5) Britten percussion fuze, brass

(6) Britten percussion fuze for Blakely, brass

(7) Parrott Type I percussion fuze, zinc

(8) Parrott Type II percussion fuze

(9) Schenkl percussion fuze, brass

(10) Schenkl combination fuze, zinc

(11) Sawyer percussion fuze, brass

(12) Sawyer combination fuze, brass

(13) Confederate West Point Type percussion fuze

(14) James two-piece percussion fuze, brass

(15) Hotchkiss percussion fuze

(16) Paper time fuze

(17) Confederate copy of the Bormann time fuze

(18) Underplug for Bormann time fuze

(19) Federal Bormann time fuze

   

(20) Britten time fuze, brass

(21) Absterdam time fuze, brass

(22) Taylor time fuze (Post War)

(23) Confederate replacement for the Bormann time fuze, copper

(24) Confederate spherical projectile time fuze, copper

(25) Confederate conical projectile time fuze, copper

(26) Confederate conical case-shot projectile time fuze, copper

(27) Brooke time fuze, copper

(28) Wooden time fuze plug for rifled projectiles

(29) Wooden time fuze plug for spherical projectiles

(30) Confederate screwdriver slotted time fuze plug for spherical projectiles, brass

(31) Hotchkiss time fuze, brass

(32) Hotchkiss time fuze for case-shot, brass

(33) Hotchkiss time fuze for case-shot, lead

(34) Hotchkiss time fuze for case-shot, brass

(35) Parrott time fuze, zinc

(36) Parrott time fuze, zinc

(37) Parrott time fuze, zinc