The base cup on this
pictured projectile is flat, and therefore of post-war manufacture. The protective cover
of the Hotchkiss percussion fuze has been removed to show the flammable material that was
used to help direct flame to the punched 14-second Hotchkiss-Bormann time
fuze. If the
Hotchkiss-Bormann time fuze failed to ignite or burned beyond the range intended, the
center Hotchkiss percussion fuze was designed to detonate the shell on impact. This
post-war Hotchkiss variety has been recovered from American Indian War battle sites.
