Let's discuss HC smoke grenades

[Dragontooth]

Hi BOCN friends,

I am not quite sure if this has been discussed already. I am interested in post-WWII US HC (hexachlorethane) smoke grenades.

Does anybody have any pics? Or info on development and manufacture?

Thanks.

 

[orpheus72]

Here's a Dutch NR7C2 HC smoke-grenade from my collection

 

[jvollenberg]

Does anyone have the C1 version of this grenade?

Joe

 

[sgtlynn]

hc

here are photos of the Nr 7 and Nr 7C1

 

[Slick]

Sorta ratty due to old, dried, tape glue remnants. In pretty good shape otherwise.

 

[Fragman]

My contributions. Cheers

 

[Dragontooth]

Fragman or anybody,

nice pics. Who knows what SWP and FDL stand for? From which years are these? Are they American?

Thanks.

 

[orpheus72]

Fragman or anybody,

nice pics. Who knows what SWP and FDL stand for? From which years are these? Are they American?

Thanks.

According to my notes:

SWP stands for: Smith & Wesson Pyrotechnics Inc., Jefferson, Ohio, USA
FDL stands for: Federal Labs, Saltzberg, Pennsylvania, USA

 

[inertordnance]

Smith & Wesson also used SWC Markings = (Smith & Wesson Chemical) on some of their commercial M201 Fuzes.

 

[Dragontooth]

If I am not mistaken Lake Erie Chemical Co. was once a part of Smith and Wesson, right?
Does anybody know in which years SW was (is?) making HC?