EMPLOYMENT: It is used in the 75-mm Mountain Gun. (See fig. 579.)

DATA:

Over-all length: 3.562 inches.

Maximum diameter: 2.375 inches.

Threaded length: 0.5 inch.

Number of threads: 4 RH.

CONSTRUCTION AND ACTION: This fuze is identical with the A.Z. 23/28 except that the detonator housing is steel rather than brass and that a paperthin aluminum shield has been in serted between the copper slider and the black powder pellet.

Figure 579 – A.Z. 23 GEB