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ITALIAN PERCUSSION FUZE (1879) FOR FIELD 
AND MOUNTAIN GUNS, 
(Mittheilungen iiber Gegenstdnde des Artillerie-md- Genie- Wesens.) 
TBANSLATED BY 
CAPT. G-. C. WYNNE, R.A. 
This fuze was introduced in December 1879, to replace the percussion 
fuze of 1877, for B.L. field and mountain guns. 
It consists of four chief parts— 
I. The outer case. 
II. Cylindrical box, screwed into upper part of body, and which 
contains the case with detonator. 
III. Spiral stop. 
IV. Weighted needle for firing detonator. 
1. The upper part of the outer case has a screw, cut outside, for 
fixing into shell, and one inside to take the cylindrical box. The lower 
part is a cylinder of sheet-brass, to contain the weighted needle. 
