paul the grenade
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Heres a rare old grenade.
Its a Russian 1914 Zaslavski grenade.
The body is a hexagonal tin with a hinged lid, oposite the hinge is a pin that locks the lid in place. It has a simple impact plunger which is locked by a split pin with a very small ring? Inside the body is another hexagonal zinc tin which would have held the charge and det. between this inner tin and the outer are small steel plates which were for added fragmentation effect. The wood handle is a faithfull repro which would have had a fibre drouge of some sort to stabilize the gren in flight. very simple to use. pull out the safety pin, unwind the drouge and throw.
Cheers, Paul.:tinysmile_fatgrin_t
Its a Russian 1914 Zaslavski grenade.
The body is a hexagonal tin with a hinged lid, oposite the hinge is a pin that locks the lid in place. It has a simple impact plunger which is locked by a split pin with a very small ring? Inside the body is another hexagonal zinc tin which would have held the charge and det. between this inner tin and the outer are small steel plates which were for added fragmentation effect. The wood handle is a faithfull repro which would have had a fibre drouge of some sort to stabilize the gren in flight. very simple to use. pull out the safety pin, unwind the drouge and throw.
Cheers, Paul.:tinysmile_fatgrin_t