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21-03-23, 06:38 PM
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18pdr timer with cover cap
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TIMER 3.4.jpg [ATTACH]281336[/AT[ATTACH][ATTACH]NOSE COVER 2.JPG[/ATTACH][/ATTACH]TACH] Not in the right order has placed  . but a lot better than no photos  Gerwyn Last edited by pioneercorps; 21-03-23 at 06:57 PM. 
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21-03-23, 08:03 PM
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Its called a Fuse.
The No. 80 Time & Percussion Fuse to be precise. regards
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Simon Butterworth Manchester Regiment Collector Rank, Prize & Trade Badges British & Commonwealth Artillery Badges
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22-03-23, 02:54 PM
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Hi Simon and bewley
First time I get a constructive? response, in my Other Militaria, I am picked on  Nice spotting bewley Quote According to the May 1918 Handbook of Ammunition the 85 was used in the shrapnel shells of QF (quick fire) 13 & 18pdr guns. With variants 85/44 for Time High Explosive and 185 Time fuzes for Star and Incendiary shells. The shells were designed to airburst rather than on impact, where a flash was sent down a tube within the shell from the fuse to a bursting charge which ejected a steel plate, shrapnel balls and fuse from the shell, to mangle whatever was infront and below it, rather like a big airborne shotgun cartridge. Getting this right obviously meant careful fuze setting and calculations on range and flight time, and consistency of quality, but gun crews seem to have managed to get very accurate results. Regards Gerwyn Last edited by pioneercorps; 22-03-23 at 03:50 PM.
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