paul the grenade
Well-Known Member
Hi All.
My latest addition and best grenade of the year arrived today.
Its a Japanese Type 11 Incendiary grenade dated 1938 on the fuze.
It could be hand thrown or fired fron the knee mortar.
Its almost completely made of brass. just the fuze cover and propeling charge on the base are steel. The body has a soldered on domed top and inside is another brass container which would have held the white phospherous. The base of the inner container has a small oval filling hole with a soldered lid. The tube up the middle of the inner container held the detonator and a booster in a waxed paper tube. Amazingly they are all present (AND INERT OF COURSE)
there is even a cardboard dome which was used as packing between the top of the inner container and the soldered on dome. The fuze is standard to most japanese grenades except the striker cover is quite short compared to the Type 91 and 97. The pull string is the only part ive had to make for it.
The fuze is well marked with the date and factory marks (Tokyo 1st army Arsenal) There are also some markings on the fuze delay tube, base of the outer brass body, propeling charge and the filling hole lid.
Anyone got anymore info on this grenade??
Cheers, Paul.
My latest addition and best grenade of the year arrived today.
Its a Japanese Type 11 Incendiary grenade dated 1938 on the fuze.
It could be hand thrown or fired fron the knee mortar.
Its almost completely made of brass. just the fuze cover and propeling charge on the base are steel. The body has a soldered on domed top and inside is another brass container which would have held the white phospherous. The base of the inner container has a small oval filling hole with a soldered lid. The tube up the middle of the inner container held the detonator and a booster in a waxed paper tube. Amazingly they are all present (AND INERT OF COURSE)
there is even a cardboard dome which was used as packing between the top of the inner container and the soldered on dome. The fuze is standard to most japanese grenades except the striker cover is quite short compared to the Type 91 and 97. The pull string is the only part ive had to make for it.
The fuze is well marked with the date and factory marks (Tokyo 1st army Arsenal) There are also some markings on the fuze delay tube, base of the outer brass body, propeling charge and the filling hole lid.
Anyone got anymore info on this grenade??
Cheers, Paul.