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No5 or No23 ??

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UBIQUE
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This is another from my own collection ..its a No5 or No23 practice grenade.Does anyone know which???
Originaly Painted white to indicate practice ,this was in relic condition with faint traces of the white paint remaining, the safety pin/ring are non original and the base plug is a replacement
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the only thing i know about the differents in no 5and 26 is the possibiletyto fire the grenade as a rifle grenade by a different base plug to adobt a rifle rod ore the round base plate.
according ian v. hogg the no 5 was remodelled for manufacturing convenience, with larger lugs for the saftypin, a flat steel lever a striker with a notch on one site only and a hexagonal base plug
 
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