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48. I like the two photos of the 155 mm Howitzer shell, someone forgot to put in the fuse.

155 mm Howitzers shells consists of three parts, the bad changes, the round itself and the fuse. The Charges and the Round itself are stored together for use. The Fuse is stored in another location. The fuse cost anywhere from $100 to a Couple of hundred dollars, the Shell and Charges, maybe $20. The fuse sets off the round. Without a fuse the round will NOT explode, and thus why that round was found intact and later hauled away for they is nothing to go "bang" in them except under certain situations. Moder explosives are very stable unless ignited by a Charge from the Fuse.

The photos shows a 155 mm Round without a fuse, which should be screwed on the front of the round. No Fuse no bang. On the other hand, in the right hands, the round could be made deadly, it does NOT take much. Someone was in a hurry handled the round to the loader who loaded the round, the gunner close the breach behind the round and fired the round. If it was a one round mission, which I doubt, they waited for a blast and none came.

On the other hand, the Howitzer was set, the fire mission called for, someone forgot to screw in the fuse, but the round was picked up, probably as the person in charge of setting the fuse was doing so on another round, given to the loader, who loaded the round then the charges, yelled "I see Red" and gunner closed the breech and fired the round. Then the gunner opened the breech, and a round with a fuse was loaded and fired. No one even noticed that the first round did not go off.

The phase "I See Red" is what 155 gunners say after the last charge in loaded, the base charge is always RED for it is the charge the igniting system is design to burn first. Thus the 155 mm has to have that red charge showing when the breech is closed, thus the saying "I See Red" meaning the Round is loaded AND the charge is loaded correctly.

What I have forgotten about 155 howitzers is immense, I was in a 105 mm Artillery unit, but I was trained on 155 mm howitzers in basic but only as a side line. The 155 does NOT use a brass cartridge, as the 105 mm round did. The 155 mm also used "charges" not the "Bags" used by 105 mm (Through both were called "Charges&quot . Thus my knowledge of 155 mm howitzers are limited, but that is clearly a 155 mm round AND it does NOT have a fuse, that is clear, for the same fuse was usable on the 155 mm round, the 105 mm round and the 4.2 inch Mortar rounds, going through the Howitzers and Mortars I fired when I was in the National Guard.