Just wondering, is there a book that lists, with photographs or diagrams, all the artillery fuses used during the war? I know that there is a French magazine with a useful feature about German fuses, but I would be interested in one that covers all nationalities.

Not aware of a single publication that covers all fuzes in depth, Howard Williamson's book has minor details but nothing comprehensive. The Treatise (or Textbook) on Ammuntion (reprint from naval and Military) is useful for British but otherwise it is a case of trawling the web where you will find most fuzes covered in certain on-line articles or scans. Ebay will also provide CD scans of German publications.

Notes on German Fuzes and Typical French and Belgian Fuzes (second edition)
General Staff (intelligence) General HQ 1st January 1918.

218 pages of Fuze descriptions.

I have it in front of me now, but can't or the life of me remember where i got it from.

Mick

I always find this website useful.

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/stephen.johnson/arms/

Gunner Bailey

Thanks for the replies. I'll try the link. Mick, is that an HMSO publication?

Its not marked as HMSO the codes are

S.S.306

Ia/38390

Apart from that not much else to go on.

You could ask a general question about the book on the forum.

Mick

Sounds similar to stuff you can find on ebay scanned on CD as above. I have one somewhere...

I've seen a CD ROM of German fuses advertised on Ebay before now. Around £5 I think? Would you say it's worth buying one?

On a similar subject to my earlier enquiry, I saw this advertised on a well known internet auction site for a buy it now price of £200!!
"WW1 BRITISH ARTILLERY WEAPONS & AMMUNITION 1914 - 1918
SCARCE BOOK BY HOGG & THURSTON - THE DEFINITIVE STUDY".
Is it really THAT scarce?