Imperial German Ordnance and Battlefield Debris, Part 6

[JensF.]

This pic is from the Museum Memorial de Verdun. Here you can see many of these grenade fuses and the rare tool which was used for setting the time-fuses:

[JensF.]

Next german grenade fuse is the KZ 14 (Kanonenzünder 14). This is a true percussion fuse, but with a safety-charge too. You can see the hole to the right were the flame and the gas of the charge exhausts. The number to the left is only some kind of serial-number. This type of fuse was used only for the famous 77 mm field-cannon.

[JensF.]

Last german fuse is the HZ 14 (Haubitzenzünder 14). Another percussion fuse used only for the 100 mm field-howitzer.

[JensF.]

Now the last part. The french fuses.

These are two Fusee percutante, a french percussion-fuse used for grenades from 75 - 155 mm. Some kind of "multi-use-fuse".

[JensF.]

This fir cone like construction is the french fusee fusante, the french version of a double-fuse (percussion and burning-time-fuse). Mostly used for shrapnel-grenades fired from the legendary french canon de 75, the french rapid-fire 75 mm cannon:

[JensF.]

Another damaged fusee fusante, but this one has got somthing special!

[JensF.]

There is still a shrapnel-bullet caught inside!!!

[JensF.]

So gentleman, thats it!


And now please take a minute to remember the dead of this terrible battle...

[Rick Research]

Very well done! Thanks for the "eTour!"

[Erich B.]

Verdun

Fascinating! Thanks!
Erich

[David S]

Thanx for the postings

Great items

[Christian L]

a very well done article!

thanks for sharing christian

[paddywhack]

actuly at the moment on british tv the bbc there doing reruns of the great war and its a very good series so far! but when we think of all these medals we do soon time tend to forget how they were earned so thanks major again for the pics!

[JensF.]

Thanks paddywhack. Indeed I see it as some kind of "remember how they earned them" thread

[Brian S]

I really appreciated seeing all this. As a kid I used to go camping at Verdun with a buddy of mine who collected unexploded shells. I always wondered if he and his family are still alive... We always camped near Ft. Douamont.

Before sunset everything appeared as a normal landscape. After dark and the moon came out the fog and mist would start to settle close to the earth. The shell holes would begin to appear as if by magic as the fog and mist settled into the lower hollows of the ground. It was always about that time you started thinking about the million plus men who lost their lives on the very ground you had pitched your tent.