American M22 Artillery Fuze Setter. Sn - 20759 American M22 Artillery Fuze Setter. Sn - 20759

This is an American fuze setter for setting the time delay of time fuzes used on artillery projectiles. The fuze setter is placed on top of a fuze and the graduated ring is turned to the required delay. This type of fuze is usually used in the anti-aircraft mode but it can also be used to give an overhead ground burst. This fuze setter is in excellent condition and is made from steel which has a green painted finish. the setter is stamped and the letters picked out in white paint ‘SETTER, FUZE M22 STOCK NO. 7578410 SERIAL NO. 33727’. The setter also has two concentric graduated and numbered rings, one being the time delay and the other being the time scale adjuster, both of which can be locked independent of each other by thumbscrews marked T & C (Time & Correction). The setter has a fold down handle to operate the setter. The setter is contained in it is original green canvas pouch with a press studded top flap, reinforced edge seams and a webbing belt hook. The case is lightly stencilled on the front in black ‘CASE SETTING M33’. See O:rdnance Maintainence FUZE SETTERS TM9-1509, a U.S. Army instruction book dated November 1952. The price includes U.K. delivery. Sn 20759