Illum. Grenade

[ordman]

I agree that the one on GB looks to be a repaint
The one I have was done with a factory powder coat paint with black nomenclature (see pics)
It's a Mod 1-0 with a match light fuze
The OD on the one on GB just isn't right
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[inertordnance]

Hello Ordman,

Nice grenade, are there any dates on the body or fuze?

I believe that the finish on these bodies was an Infra-Red Baked Enamel Paint, similar to the earlier US Ammunition "Spam Cans".

Stay safe,

Frank

[ordman]

Body has hand illuminating grenade
MK 1-0
Lot No 28-C-53 with naval anchor ordnance stamp
Fuze is stamped MK 1
TVC Lot No ???

[V40]

Illumination Grenade----My Own 004.jpgIllumination Grenade----My Own 002.jpg This is the one that I have that is in terrible shape.This one has been the victim of Hoppe's No. 9 that spilled on it.Illumination Grenade----My Own 003.jpg
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[weberoed]

The MK 1 could also be found unpainted, OD or white depending on the year made. Somewhere around 69 to 71 all the ones made were OD. The MK 1 left the inventory around 1978. The MK 1 was a neat grenade for what it was designed to do, but it made for a lot of battle field shadows. Never saw any during VN, but when I was teaching a gernades class to the USN SEALs they pulled out a couple crates of MK II's and MK I's.

After throwing some, (and letting them cool - hot SOBs) I could put back together the MK I's, clean them up, paint them and the trade them off.

DSC01803.jpgPages from Grenades vol 1.jpgPages from TM 09-1330-200, Gernades, Hand and Rifle, Sept 1971.jpgPages from tm9-1330-200 Grenades a.jpg