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Arctic Smoke grenade

McGyver

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I Came across this lately but i can`t find any info about it.
Cardboard sleve to avoid it sinking into the snow.
empty under the plastic lid.
McGyver
 

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There is a British one with metal spring supports that pop out.
 
I dont have anything on the No1 mk1 only the mk2
 

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Here are a couple of photos of what i think is the latest uk arctic grenade attachment that clips on the bottom and has three small springs that pop the blades out as its thrown…
 

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The US had a similar WWII era item, the M3 Red Smoke. Mine is in terrible shape, with no fuze and some poorly drilled inerting holes, but I've yet to find better. Here is a cropped image from a shelf-shot.
 

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