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Interesting MK II

Eodtek

Eodtek

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While it is somewhat of a run of the mill MK II, the fact that it is painted almost completely grey with no trace of yellow on them at all. The fuze is an M204 and the filler was flake TNT (now completely removed thanks to a bit of WD-40).
 

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This fuze is the Korea type, I mean the used at the Korean War. After WWII the standard M10A series was replaced and upgraded by the M204/5 series. About colour I have a WWII MKIIAI grenade painted in grey with the yellow collar, but have no idea why this colour. Maybe a testing colour.
 

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Grenademan2005 said:
This fuze is the Korea type, I mean the used at the Korean War. After WWII the standard M10A series was replaced and upgraded by the M204/5 series. About colour I have a WWII MKIIAI grenade painted in grey with the yellow collar, but have no idea why this colour. Maybe a testing colour.
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Well according to what we were told, the "owner" of these was a Ranger in WWII an through later years so it's quite possible that it was something that they specifically did.
 
The M10A series was used until the end of the WWII and was in the beginings of the 50s when it was changed by the new model. So it is not possible that a WWII Ranger had this grenade from the War. From the Korean War, yes, bt not from the WWII.
 
Grenademan2005 said:
The M10A series was used until the end of the WWII and was in the beginings of the 50s when it was changed by the new model. So it is not possible that a WWII Ranger had this grenade from the War. From the Korean War, yes, bt not from the WWII.
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Ah yes, as I said he was a Ranger in WW II and through later years. While I don't know when he left the service (as he is dead now) I would expect that based on the grenade he was in later than the late 1940's.
 
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