Notes on German fuzes and typical French and Belgian fuzes

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Designation.— Dopp. Z. 92= Doppel-Zunder, 1892 (1892 pattern
time and percussion fuze).
Used with.—
Grun.
Pattern of Shell.
Maximum range.
Time.
yards.
Perc'n.
yards.
21 cm. howitzer in turret .. '89 shrapnel (Ec.) ... 5,960 5,960
21 cm.gun with chase rings '04 shrapnel ... ... 7,655 7,655
15 cm. howitzer in turret '88, 14 and 'l4A. H.E. 7,218 7,874
(15 cm.) heavy field howit- '88 H.E. ... ... 6,616 6,616
zer
(15 cm.) heavy
' foldhowit- Ditto ... 8,147 8,147
zers, '02 and I'd
15 cm. long gun with chase '15 shrapnel -with for- 7,929 7,929
rings
ward driving band
15 cm. long gun with chase '80/92 shrapnel .... 7,655 7,655
rings
15 cm. gun withchase rings '80/92 shrapnel, '15 7,546 7,546
shrapnel with for­
'15 shrapnel —
ward driving band
15 cm. long gun ... ... '90 or '90/92, '07 and 8,968 10,936
, o
,
J" '14H.E 7,983
12 cm. heavy gun ... j '80/92 r 'ls shrapnel ... 7,218 7,983
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Nature. Time and percussion.
Graduations. Graduated from|to 28 in seconds and eighths
of a second (lowest and highest figures are 1and 28).
When the setting mark is opposite the cross, the fuze is set for
percussion.
Material —Brass.
—
Remarks. The fuze cap is painted red in fuzes of recent
manufacture, which merely indicates the provision of a device for
clamping the lower time ring on the shock of discharge.
;The modern variation of this fuze is marked Dopp. Z.92 lg.
Brig, or long-burning Dopp. Z. 92, the period of burning having
been increased from 28 to 41 seconds. For description see page ilB.