any ordnance collectors here? MK 22 training fuze assembly?

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - any ordnance collectors here? MK 22 training fuze assembly?

Posted: 3/27/2006 1:07:29 PM EDT

do you know what type of gun this dummy / trainer ordnance was used for?

is it a WWII training fuze? was it used in artillery or for tank guns, etc?

Posted: 3/27/2006 1:12:43 PM EDT

[#1]

VT fuze for 105mm I think.

M565?

Posted: 3/27/2006 1:17:14 PM EDT

[#2]

Yeah, I agree, 105mm fuze IIRC....

Although Mk designations are typically Navy...but it does look just like the dummy fuze in my 105mm dummy round sitting 8 feet in front of me....

Posted: 3/27/2006 1:19:38 PM EDT

[#3]

Offhand, it is a Mechanical Time fuze, most probably fired from a Artillery tube not a tank gun. Probably used for airbursting a munition such as HE, WP, flare, etc. Will find the correct info in a bit.

Posted: 3/27/2006 1:23:45 PM EDT

[#4]

the guy I got it from says it's a WWII MK22 3" in practice fuze?

Posted: 3/27/2006 1:29:54 PM EDT

[#5]

http://www.de220.com/Armament/3%20Inch/3Inch50.htm

Maybe for a 3" naval gun.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.colemans.com/htmlpics/2054.gif&imgrefurl=www.colemans.com/ordnance.htm&h=70&w=36&sz=2&tbnid=_b8FCJoJQXwgwM:&tbnh=66&tbnw=33&hl=en&start=3&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmk%2B22%2Bfuse%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

Posted: 3/27/2006 1:31:30 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
the guy I got it from says it's a WWII MK22 3" in practice fuze?

That makes some sense, as I said a Mk designation is usually Navy, it could be a dummy fuze for a Navy 3" 50cal projectile....probably about the same size fuze as for a 105mm howitzer...

Posted: 3/27/2006 3:42:23 PM EDT

[#7]

From Ordnance Pamphlet 1664 28 May 1947

Mk 22 Mods 0-6 (Obsolescent)

Projectiles used in: 3"/28/50 A.A. and Ill.
4"/50 H.C. (H.C. = High Capacity for the non-ordnance types)

Description: The mechanism for this fuze is
very similar to that described for the Nose
Time Fuze Mk 18. In the Mk 22, however, the
centrifugal weights do not have "kick-off"
springs, and the Mk 22 is slot-set instead of
lug-set, as the Mk 18. Also, the Mk 22 is very
similar to the Army M43A8.
Mods 4, 5, and 6 are identical, but are made
by different manufacturers.

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