36 grenade primers

[Rrickoshae]

a nice tin of 3 primers for the 36 grenade. The primer is from a sectioned training aid so is inert. Does anyone know in what circumstances the tin of 3 were used? was it for the 3 pack of grenades housed inside a tank turret?
dave

 

[Rrickoshae]

pt 2!

also the exploded grenade on a perspex base. There must have been a reason for making a base for it - if only the grenade could talk! But its useful for matching the colour of the phosphated finish.

 

[paul the grenade]

later mills were packed it cardboard tubes of 3 + a tin of dets
(I pinched this pic from Daves Mills Bomb Site)
Paul.

 

[Rrickoshae]

cheers Paul, excellent info and pic. Dave