Hand Grenade Fuse Colors

[napesica]

Hello, I first did a search on the Forums files and could not find anything, so I will ask now. Please correct me and add to this information if you can. Thank you,Michael

WWII Germans had 4 types of timed grenade fuses based on how long they lasted.
>Red = 1 second
>Blue = 4.5 seconds
>
>Yellow = 10 seconds

[HGrenadier]

http://www.inert-ord.net/ger03a/gerhgr/m39/index.html

[napesica]

Hand Grenade Fuse Colors

Thank you Sir for the link ! I will save it. M

[Gran Sasso]

http://www.inert-ord.net/ger03a/gerhgr/m39/index.html

He is wrong about the flat-top caps, those were also used by germans in WWII.

[Ferdinand W.]

He is wrong about the flat-top caps, those were also used by germans in WWII.

Hi,

I don't agree with that affirmation.

He is NOT wrong.

The yellow flat top fuzes are all post-war, mostly NVA used. (Ex DDR army)

Never existed or used during WWII !!

Kind Regards,

Ferdinand

[Gran Sasso]

Hi,

I don't agree with that affirmation.

He is NOT wrong.

The yellow flat top fuzes are all post-war, mostly NVA used. (Ex DDR army)

Never existed or used during WWII !!

Kind Regards,

Ferdinand

So, how do you explain that....????

[rick1]

Nice!....and thanks for the link.

[Ferdinand W.]

So, how do you explain that....????

Hi Gran Sasso,

I don't see what this could prove ? A nice egg39 with "winged" BZE 39 on a period photo.
It is really not visible that the fuze has a flat top, or what did you mean ?

You can be sure that the yellow, flat-top fuzes are not WWII, I'm more
than convinced about that.

Thanks for the picture though.

Ferdinand

[MG34NZ]

the fuses that are shown on the inertord site are post war and they are mentioned to make people aware that they exist as I have seen many items sold with a post war fuse touted as original, the knob is aluminum with a flat top,I believe some also had a brass body.DDR produced and used and the Czech's also made a fuse like this the TZ-2 http://lexpev.nl/fuzesandigniters/cz...vakia/tz2.html

German post war ANZ DM67A1 http://lexpev.nl/fuzesandigniters/ge...anzdm67a1.html

War time BZE 39
http://lexpev.nl/fuzesandigniters/germany/bze39.html

No mention of a flat top during the war,The photograph is interesting but may be just a trick of the light creating the impression of a flat top? It would be nice to see a pile of flat top fuses with maker codes to prove the theory but for now it looks like the evidence suggests the flat top fuze is post war

MG34NZ

[Gran Sasso]

Hi Gran Sasso,

I don't see what this could prove ? A nice egg39 with "winged" BZE 39 on a period photo.
It is really not visible that the fuze has a flat top, or what did you mean ?

Hi Ferdinand, this foto shows without doubt a flat top fuze lid. The foto is dated september 1944 BTW.

[HGrenadier]

Hi,
Is it possible to scan that grenade again (larger close scan)?

[phil337]

same site noticed a german ww2 late war grenade bomb with the flat top in question?

http://lexpev.nl/grenades/europe/ger...adebomlet.html

[oberjaeger]

perhaps you are looking for this kind of fuze....it is more flat than usual...

[Ferdinand W.]

BZE 39 fuze

Hi Jens,

many thanks for showing this type of fuze - this would
make sense of course and I agree at 100% that the 1 you show is
authentic WWII !

But the yellow "flat-tops" won't get my green light, never !!

Thanks again for the fantastic picture !

Ferdinand

[Grenademan2005]

Maybe a little bit late, but I´m totally agree with Fern and the others about the plane lids, totally Post War.