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From Spain for identification
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Though grenades are really not my focus ......:tinysmile_grin_t:
It seems that this is this grenade:
"Granada francesa "Citron Foug" (significa algo así como limón furioso)"
A Spanish modification of a French ww1 grenade.
There are some small but notable differences with the French original and this may indicate a local production - see below
more info here on the original French grenade from 1915-1916 still used in Spain:
http://old.municion.org/espoletes/CitronFoug.htm
and here
http://amonio.es/grana_citron.htm
Quite a number of grenades were modified for rifle use in Spain during the civil war, some of them imported models, some from the national Aspanish industries and some of them from local factories that appeared all other Spain and developed their own more or less sophisticated models.
for instance this one
I uploaded in the download aera a pdf on Rifle Grenades used in the Spanish Civil War.
This document can be distributed if one indicates the name of its author : Jesús Ornia (Belenos)
I deeply recommend to visit the www.amonio.es to all those interested in Spanish ammunition. Sadly this site is no longer active (already for quite a number of years) but it is still accessible.
It seems that this is this grenade:
"Granada francesa "Citron Foug" (significa algo así como limón furioso)"
A Spanish modification of a French ww1 grenade.
There are some small but notable differences with the French original and this may indicate a local production - see below
more info here on the original French grenade from 1915-1916 still used in Spain:
http://old.municion.org/espoletes/CitronFoug.htm
and here
http://amonio.es/grana_citron.htm
Quite a number of grenades were modified for rifle use in Spain during the civil war, some of them imported models, some from the national Aspanish industries and some of them from local factories that appeared all other Spain and developed their own more or less sophisticated models.
for instance this one
I uploaded in the download aera a pdf on Rifle Grenades used in the Spanish Civil War.
This document can be distributed if one indicates the name of its author : Jesús Ornia (Belenos)
I deeply recommend to visit the www.amonio.es to all those interested in Spanish ammunition. Sadly this site is no longer active (already for quite a number of years) but it is still accessible.
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