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The Mk 2 grenade (initially known as the Mk II), also nicknamed the Pineapple is a fragmentation-type anti-personnel hand grenade introduced by the U.S. armed forces in 1918. It was the standard issue anti-personnel grenade used during World War II , and also saw limited service in later conflicts, including the Korean War and Vietnam War .
Unlike the Mk II, the Mk III (also written Mk 3) was a cylindrical grenade designed to be used as an offensive weapon for clearing rooms, trenches, and other enclosed spaces. A concussion grenade, the Mk III series, was designed to incapacitate through the pressure and impulse produced by the explosion. The MkIII had a far larger TNT filling ...
The modern fragmentation grenade was developed during the 20th century. The Mills bomb, first adopted in 1915 by the British army, is an early fragmentation grenade used in World War I. The Mk 2 grenade was a fragmentation grenade adopted by the American military based on the Mills bomb, and was in use during World War II. [6]
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Mk 2 grenade, a hand grenade used by the United States military starting in World War II; Marte Mk2, a radar-guided helicopter and ship-launched short/medium-range anti-ship missile weapon system developed by Oto Melara and used by the Italian Navy
Pistol No.1 Mk.1; Pistol No.2 Mk.1; Produced under license in Canada by John Inglis & Company: Smith & Wesson Model 10 United States: 1942 Revolver.38-200: S&W Victory Model; Webley Revolver United Kingdom: 1915 Revolver.455 Webley: Webley .455 Mk.VI; Obsolete, secondary sidearm Enfield No. 2 United Kingdom: 1932 Revolver.38-200: Mk.1 ...
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Ethiopian Soldiers from the Kagnew Battalion, 7th Inf. Div., in Korea, 1953. The M26 series was created after World War II to meet criticisms of the Mk 2.Rather than relying on a cast body to produce fragments like the Mk 2 the M26 had a thin sheet-metal body and the fragments were instead created by a notched wire coiled up inside which produced smaller fragments but a greater number ...