nreed_94 Posted November 11, 2019 Share #1 Posted November 11, 2019 Does anybody have information on the M1907 Scovill Artillery fuse? I found one and wanted to know if they are in fact WWI vintage. Attached are some photos (not mine) of a scovill fuse. Thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted November 11, 2019 Share #2 Posted November 11, 2019 Yes, it's WW1 vintage. Commonly used in the 75mm cannister round fired from the famous French 75. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
917601 Posted November 11, 2019 Share #3 Posted November 11, 2019 WW1 fame, for the common shrapnel shell. Used right up to WW2 by some artillery units. Early WW2 TM's still list them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
917601 Posted November 11, 2019 Share #4 Posted November 11, 2019 Another, in original colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
917601 Posted November 11, 2019 Share #5 Posted November 11, 2019 TM9-1901,1944, pg 226. Pic will not load. I will add the US went to HE shrapnel shells late WW1 as they were much more effective than ball shrapnel. The Scoville was a timed fuze made in huge quantities and obviously surplus was carried in inventory till exhausted. Another tidbit, these fuzes were brought home as souveneers by thousands by Doughboys as they littered battlefields, when the shrapnel shell discharged, the fine threads on the fuze were designed to blow off and they dropped to the ground,( along with the fired projectile casing) easily recovered intact. Yours a battlefield pick up, uncommon are unfired examples with the driving band unused ( no barrel rifling marks impressed on the driving band) , and the pusher plate, as my examples show. My last pic shows the brass fuze cover, which sources state was soldered on to weather seal the fuze.Examples posted came from a WW2 Artilleryman's estate collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
917601 Posted November 11, 2019 Share #6 Posted November 11, 2019 nreed, I noticed your picture, I was 82nd , 1/17th Cav in the 70's, Airborne All the Way, so we say....and you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nreed_94 Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share #7 Posted November 12, 2019 nreed, I noticed your picture, I was 82nd , 1/17th Cav in the 70's, Airborne All the Way, so we say....and you? Thanks for all the information guys! I actually skipped on the fuse and instead got a complete 18 pounder. Its from a British QF-18, dated 1915 (pics attached) Im currently in 1-319 AFAR, part of 3BCT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nreed_94 Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share #8 Posted November 12, 2019 Heres the round I ended up getting. Nice condition and complete. Its been fired, based on the grooves in the obturating band. Anybody have any more information on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nreed_94 Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share #9 Posted November 12, 2019 Fuse with maker mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nreed_94 Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share #10 Posted November 12, 2019 Heres the stamp on the round. Looks like it was made by a company called NSC on 1-11-15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nreed_94 Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share #11 Posted November 12, 2019 Looks very similar to the above photos of the round you posted. I’m assuming US units fell in on British guns and equipment, and would have used the same rounds. If made in 1915, this round would have been out in time for the Somme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfields Posted November 12, 2019 Share #12 Posted November 12, 2019 917601: I have one of these put-together .75mm shells with fuze. Still retains remnants of the red color on the casing. Any trick to unscrewing the fuze, such as reverse threaded? Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
917601 Posted November 12, 2019 Share #13 Posted November 12, 2019 917601: I have one of these put-together .75mm shells with fuze. Still retains remnants of the red color on the casing. Any trick to unscrewing the fuze, such as reverse threaded? KimFuze is normal rt hand threaded. Certain amount of risk in damaging the fuze is always expected, why unscrew it? Shake it, if it still has the plunger ( pusher plate), you will feel it. If it has original paint ( rare) best to leave it. However, if curiosity has taken over, I would apply oil ( Kroil or PB blaster) on the warm mating seam ( careful not to get it on the paint) , then hot cold, outside overnight if very cold ( freezing best), then warm it up inside ( hair dryer).That may be enough to expand/ contract the fit ( the brass fuze and steel case expand and contract at different rates) and allow the fine oil into the threaded portion. Then, get two drill bits same diameter as the notches , stick them in the slots and carefully put in a vice to bear down on the bits only. Cloth pipe wrench on body and apply unscrewing pressure. Repeat for days, weeks? If no luck, leave it alone. No one likes a nicked/ bent/ deformed fuze or shell. I had a 16" inert fuze w/ adapter I successfully seperate this way, it took three days. I put the fuze assy in the freezer then heated up outer adapter with a hair dryer. To my surprise it seperated and broke free with little effort. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfields Posted November 12, 2019 Share #14 Posted November 12, 2019 Okay, you talked me into NOT attempting to disassemble. My curiosity gets the best of me sometimes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nreed_94 Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share #15 Posted November 12, 2019 The fuse on mine looks like it comes completely apart. Ill look at it more when I get hands on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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