More unknown french grenades

[paul the grenade]

Hi all.
Heres a couple of grenades i have yet to find any documentation on.
1st is a small ball grenade 2.5 inches in diameter, no threads with a wooden plug jammed in and a simple bickford fuze. I was told it is a "Moissant Grenade" but have not found anything to confirm this.
2nd is a standard size 1914 ball grenade but fitted with a rod for rifle launching. the rod is hollow so i presume the flash from the launching blank ignited the fuze. Ive seen this one on http://inert-ord.net/ but he is after the same info.
Can anyone help?
Cheers, Paul.

 

[Grenademan2005]

Hi:
There is a site somewhere in the net called "Grenades De La Grande Guerre" or something like that. Do you know it? If not I think that I could find it again...... Yes, here it is :tinysmile_twink_t:
http://www.passioncompassion1418.com/decouvertes/grenades.html

 

[dano1917]

Could the first one be the French mle 1847 grenade. Was smaller than ball and saw action in Franco-Prussian war?? Dano

 

[Yodamaster]

Unknown french grenade

Hello everybody,
here what I found as little ball grenades.

Wait a little for the rifle grenade

 

[Yodamaster]

WW I french grenades

I have a PDF Doc about the French WW I grenades. A little problem, it's 64 Mo.
If somebody is interested, I can try to send it by PM !

 

[Yodamaster]

Here two pics of the Rifle Gren Mle 1914
It's identical as the Def Gren Mle 1914 but with a percussion fuze and a lauching rod. What I found about functionning is that the shot of the cartridge permit the firing of the primer and delay by percussion of the rod.
On the second pic, you can see on the left the rifle grenade with his fuze and rod. On the right the classical hand grenade.

 

[CampX]

I have one of those, I was told it was an 1832 French Grenade..but could also be fired from a small Mortar...mine has a wooden fues plug..it's a little smaller than my No 15 "Loos" Grenades.

Dean

 

[Yodamaster]

Throwing methods for french grenade Mle 1947

Look at this !

 

[doctor]

Hi
The only document that I know is a no official drawing explaining why this grenade with stem would be a prototype under test and not officially adopted.
The lighters without the stem well really exists since it 's system ignition with rough and which would have was replaced by a hollow rod into which would be introduced a pyrotechnical delay Bickford igniting at the begining of the blow into the gun of rifle.
No official document mentions this grenade which I also have and who am a bad manufacture of today being given me for real (but is false)
Ever found for the moment on the ground in the Northern area of France on the sites of French occupation and never see it in my center storage and destruction of ammunition