INERT DEACTIVATED. **MINT** British, WW2, 1940 Dated, Strippable & Complete for Instruction Purposes, No 199 Mk IV Time Fuze For The British 3.7 Inch Anti-aircraft Gun. Sn - 2846:99 INERT DEACTIVATED. **MINT** British, WW2, 1940 Dated, Strippable & Complete for Instruction Purposes, No 199 Mk IV Time Fuze For The British 3.7 Inch Anti-aircraft Gun. Sn - 2846:99 Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a mint, unfired and complete WW2, 1940 dated, British, No 199 Mk IV fuze for the British 3.7 inch anti-aircraft which was the standard heavy anti-aircraft gun used from 1938 throughout WW2. The No 199 fuse was the first fuse used with this gun and was superseded by the clockwork 207 fuze, introduced in 1939 with a running time of 43 seconds. This fuze was subsequently superseded by the proximity fuze. The alloy cap unscrews off the top of the fuze and the two brass powder timing rings come off. The fuze is complete with the detonator assembly and firing pin. The fuze has the powder rings and trails painted red and it appears to have been used for instruction purposes. This fuse is stamped round the top powder ring No199IV NE/C 11/40 (November 1940 date) RY 5.41. The main body of the fuze is brass and is stamped in scales from 1 to 30 with the safe marking picked out in red. Above this are two powder time rings which are complete with the powder ring seals, 2 felt sealing rings and the brass positioning peg. Above this is the alloy ballistic cap. See British and American Artillery of World War 2 by Ian V. Hogg, pages 107 to 111. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess these inert rounds in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22846:99