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Hi Paul,
What is with the cup or small chamber on the bottom of the type 91, it looks to be a container for a small charge to launch the grenade from a cup or small tube/mortar, as there is what looks to be a primer in the base of it.?
Hi Weasel.
Thats right. It was a small propeling charge so the grenade could also be fired from the type 89 50mm mortar commonly known as the "Broken Knee Mortar" http://members.shaw.ca/nambuworld/t89pix.htm
The grenade has a 7 second fuze so it wouldn't explode till it had landed. This proved to be a bit to long for hand throwing and it was shortened to about 4.5 seconds and the base charge was abandoned. the grenade was then designated type 97.
cheers,paul.
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