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INERT DEACTIVATED. RARE, WW2, 1942 Dated, German, Unfired Wgr Z 50+ Nebelwerfer Nose Fuse. - O 1877 INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a rare German WW2, 1942 dated unfired Wgr Z 50+ Nebelwerfer nose fuse. The Nebelwerfer (translated as a smoke mortor) was a multiple barrelled rocket launcher used throughout the Second World War by the Germans. The weapon was capable of firing smoke, high explosive, incendiary and poison gas rockets in a salvo. This fuse was used with incendiary rocket and high explosive rounds fired by the nebelwerfers which came in various calibres from 15cm upwards. The fuse is a direct action, graze and will function as an allways fuse and was armed by pulling out the safety pin and removing the pressed steel safety cap. This alloy fuse has its original safety cap and safety pin and is stamped round its circumference Wgr z 50+ bmv (Rheinmetall-Borsig AG Soemmerda plant, Sommerda) 42 (1942 date) WaA 732 . See Handbook of Enemy Ammunition number 7, German rockets, gun and mortor ammunition and Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the Third Reich, An Encyclopaedic Survey, pages 334 - 337 by Terry Gander and peter Chamberlain. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert fuse in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 1877 £395.00
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