Howdy Gents, I have a quick ID question on the M407 series of 40MM low velocity grenades. The question is, what is the difference (if any) between the M407, the M407A1, and any other designation out there? I've seen some with solid plastic or steel fragballs, inert or live fuzes, some marked inert, some not marked either way... I've had the question asked a few times over the years, and thought of it myself many years ago. Also, as far as I know, the only way to tell if you have a live fuze is to shake it a bit and listen for the rattle of the fuze parts. No way to tell except by xray if it has a steel fragball. So, if anyone can help, mucho thanks! GROG
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A question on the M407 series of 40MM practice grenades
- Thread starter grog18b
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Fragman, thankk you very much for the photo. I see that one also has a real frag ball attached to a dummy fuze... Seems they just throw together whatever parts they have laying around at the time. Seems an awful waste of a good frag ball. Heck, someone could have made a Beeno out of that! 