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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 ...
The original Mk 2 grenade had a 3 ⁄ 8-inch (9.5 mm) threaded plug in its base, which covered the opening used to place the explosive filling, either 1.85 oz (52 g) of TNT, 2.33 oz (66 g) of Trojan explosive (a mixture of 40% nitrostarch, ammonium nitrate, and sodium nitrate), 1.85 oz (52 g) of a 50/50 amatol/nitrostarch mixture, or 1.85 oz (52 g) of Grenite (a mixture of 95% nitrostarch and ...
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World War II saw rapid technological innovation in response to the needs of the various combatants. Many different weapons systems evolved as a result. Many different weapons systems evolved as a result.
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 ...
First RPG-6 grenades were used against Axis troops in last week of October 1943. [2] The weapon was a success and went into mass production in late 1943. During the war, RPG-6 grenades being used alongside the RPG-43. [1] In the USSR, some grenades were kept in storage even after the end of the World War II. [1]
Illustration of an MK3A2 grenade. The MK3 hand grenade is a cylindrical concussion grenade designed to produce casualties during close combat while minimizing danger to friendly personnel exposed in the open owing to minimal fragmentation. There is a secondary fragmentation hazard though from rocks, gravel, wood splinters, glass, etc.
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