Any one seen this one

[vinnyw]

Hello everyone,and good day.
I picked this up about 20 years back with another grenade,it was a bring back from the jap theater as the story go,s.I beleive it is a pratice grenade it is the same hight as a mk2 without the fuse and about 1 3/4 " at its widest,sorry i do not have it in mm ,can anybody set me strait .
Thank you in advance.
Vinny:tinysmile_classes_t:tinysmile_classes_t

 

[vinnyw]

Better pic.

Here is a better picture,hope this helps.
Vinny

 

[Millsman]

Hi Vinny. I've not seen on before but it has the same sort of look about it as WW2 practice grenades made in the UK (MIlls types).

John

 

[US-Subs]

There are a couple of Japanese practice with a similar size and frag pattern, but I've never seen one with the Mills-type protrusion near the top.

 

[gothica7]

I havnt seen anything like it either, a sort of cross between a Mk 2 and a Mills. If it is of Japanese origin, why did they put a filler on it? Very interesting though.

Here is what is to be believed a WW1 Dummy Mills gren but no filler visible.


Andy

 

[vinnyw]

Hi Vinny. I've not seen on before but it has the same sort of look about it as WW2 practice grenades made in the UK (MIlls types).

John

Thanks John,I thought it looked a little like a jap but there are more rolls of frag bits on the japs,and its a little narrow foor the Mill,s,thanks for looking and your comment.
Vinny

 

[vinnyw]

I havnt seen anything like it either, a sort of cross between a Mk 2 and a Mills. If it is of Japanese origin, why did they put a filler on it? Very interesting though.

Here is what is to be believed a WW1 Dummy Mills gren but no filler visible.


Andy

Thanks Andy for looking and your commentI was hopping its some kind of jap variant,,I hope some one else has on and can set me strait on it.Have a good one,
Vinny:dontknow:

 

[Millsman]

Thanks John,I thought it looked a little like a jap but there are more rolls of frag bits on the japs,and its a little narrow foor the Mill,s,thanks for looking and your comment.
Vinny

Vinny

It may well be Japanese. I don't think it's European.

Nice find.

John

 

[vinnyw]

Vinny

It may well be Japanese. I don't think it's European.

Nice find.

John

Thanks John,I was thinking that the jap dummys or pratice are the closest thing I have seen.to it,its always tuff when there isn,t any info on them.But thank you very much for your responce.
Vinny

 

[JCB99]

unusual

Here's a pic of some Japanese trainers, the one on the left has a wood plug in the top. Sometimes the plug is metal. I've never seen that grenade body before. There are many undocumented Japanese Training grenades around. Unusual.

Jim
JapaneseOrdnance(at)yahoo.com

 

[vinnyw]

Thanks very much Jim for showing those,they are very nice examples..Have a good day.
Vinny

 

[vinnyw]

Here's a pic of some Japanese trainers, the one on the left has a wood plug in the top. Sometimes the plug is metal. I've never seen that grenade body before. There are many undocumented Japanese Training grenades around. Unusual.

Jim
JapaneseOrdnance(at)yahoo.com

Thanks for your expertese,if you havn,t seen it I guess I might never no for sure.
vinny :tinysmile_classes_t:tinysmile_classes_t