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The SRCM Mod. 35 [1] is a hand grenade that was first issued to the Royal Italian Army in 1935, serving through World War II and into the 1980s. Nicknamed "Red Devils" by the British in 1941–1942 during the North African Campaign [2] after the red color of the most common type.
It consisted of an elasticized stockinette bag made of dark coloured material, a metal cap, and an all ways fuze, the same fuze as was found in the No. 69 grenade and No. 73 grenade. The Gammon bomb or grenade was an "improvised hand-thrown bomb used by the Home Guard, the Special Air Service and the Resistance, especially suitable for the ...
Model 18 Colored Smoke Grenade; Color/Markings: Olive drab body with a pale green band and markings, the top painted red, yellow, green, or violet to indicate the smoke color and the color's name marked on the side. In World War II the M18 had a light gray body with a yellow band and markings and the top was in the smoke color. Body:
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.
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Used in British hand grenades. Also used as the low velocity explosive lens in the implosion type nuclear weapon, Fat Man: Composition A: 88.3% RDX and 11.7% plasticizer: Composition B: RDX, TNT and wax: Used as the high velocity explosive lens in the implosion type nuclear weapon, Fat Man: Composition H6: 45% RDX, 30% TNT, 20% powdered ...
The British No. 69 was a hand grenade developed and used during the Second World War. It was adopted into service due to the need for a grenade with smaller destructive radius than the No. 36M "Mills bomb". This allowed the thrower to use a grenade even when there was little in the way of defensive cover.
A type of grenade called the 'flying impact thunder crash bomb' (飛擊震天雷) was developed in the late 16th century and first used in September 1, 1592 by the Joseon Dynasty during the Japanese invasions of Korea. [11] The grenade was 20 cm in diameter, weighed 10 kg, and had a cast iron shell. It contained iron pellets, and an adjustable ...