German Electrical Impact Fuze ELAZ identification?!

[Madis]

Hello,

 

I found some German fuzes - Any information will be highly appreciated !

 

 

Best regards,

Madis
 

 

Edited July 30, 2021 by Madis

[Davejb]

I think your best bet would be Waff, he is the Fuse man

[val]

Hi Madis,

Depends what do you want to know?

For a start see a attached pdf.

Where did you find them (in Estonia?)?

 

summary-of-german-electric-fuzes.pdf

[Davejb]

Where the heck have you been, Are things all ok now, good to see you back

[Madis]

12 hours ago, val said:

Hi Madis,

Depends what do you want to know?

For a start see a attached pdf.

Where did you find them (in Estonia?)?

 

summary-of-german-electric-fuzes.pdfUnavailable

I find them(during metal detecting) in Estonia, they were buried in the forest ! 
 

I would like to know the meaning of the markings and colors 

 

As I know there aren’t any 🧨 explosive,(no detonator).

Therefore I decided to pick them up !

 

Rgrds

[Madis]

11 hours ago, Davejb said:

Where the heck have you been, Are things all ok now, good to see you back

Hi Davejb, yup it’s all safe and sound !

I won‘t pick up anything dangerous. 

Anything that is not 100% sure of safety must be considered dangerous.

 

[val]

17 hours ago, Madis said:

I find them(during metal detecting) in Estonia, they were buried in the forest ! 
 

I would like to know the meaning of the markings and colors

Can you tell in which area in Estonia you did find them?

For the markings see this link.

http://www.harryszuenderecke.de/index.php/zuendergalerie/25-germany

 

[Madis]

4 hours ago, val said:

Can you tell in which area in Estonia you did find them?

For the markings see this link.

http://www.harryszuenderecke.de/index.php/zuendergalerie/25-germany

I found them in southern Estonia, in Valga county near the Latvian border.

 

 

[Madis]

Very good identification link !

[Madis]

3 hours ago, Madis said:

 

Here was German forces !

 

• 1941 9 July: Valga is occupied by German troops.
• 1944 19 September: In the course of heavy fighting Valga is liberated from the German occupation of Estonia. It is immediately replaced by the Soviet occupation of Estonia

[ChrisR]

Nice find! Great condition considering how you got them.

[Madis]

4 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Nice find! Great condition considering how you got them.

Thanks ! 
 

Sandy soil preserves pretty well as my practice is.

 

These German ElAZ fuzes are actually part of a big finding. It was intentionally buried ! 

These were the only safe things, so I dared to take them with me. 

 

[Madis]

Edited August 22, 2021 by Madis
Just for informational purposes

[Madis]

Fragment of ammonition box 

[Waffenamt]

Late to the party,its been bonkers at work.  Nice selection there. i see 17A,25 and a 28 amongst. The 28 is used in anti shipping as has a slight delay. The 17A is a long delay type. Not bad at all. Well found

[Madis]

7 hours ago, Waffenamt said:

Late to the party,its been bonkers at work.  Nice selection there. i see 17A,25 and a 28 amongst. The 28 is used in anti shipping as has a slight delay. The 17A is a long delay type. Not bad at all. Well found

Many thanks Waffenamt for valuable information ! 

 

Can you say something about this fuze ?🙄

 

[Madis]

15b

[Waffenamt]

Hi Madis,its a type 15 impact fuze. Yours is with its transport cap. The later versions did not carry as much info. If you gently prise it off,you should see that the batch number(15b) will match the number next to the charging pins.

[Waffenamt]

On 05/08/2021 at 17:16, val said:

Hi Madis,

Depends what do you want to know?

For a start see a attached pdf.

Where did you find them (in Estonia?)?

 

summary-of-german-electric-fuzes.pdf 1.58 MB · 1 download

Nice one Val. Thats a different documaent i did not have.

[Waffenamt]

Madis,you also have 3 inner locking rings i see,for the fuzes. They look good displayed with the fuze.

 

[Madis]

32 minutes ago, Waffenamt said:

Madis,you also have 3 inner locking rings i see,for the fuzes. They look good displayed with the fuze.

 

Yep I do have some at home🙂and I can get more if needed..hopefully in the nearest future.

But they might be not so well preserved as these

[Madis]

Didn’t fit well yet, locking ring inner part is a bit rusty, but I think after little cleaning it fits (lack of time 😟) 🙂

Edited August 31, 2021 by Madis

[Madis]

So if anyone is interested about locking rings 

[Waffenamt]

Best to put in derusting solution. It’s the inner ring you have, The outer have threads on them to lock into the fuze pocket