British No81 smoke grenade restoration

[paul the grenade]

Hi All.
I got this tatty No81 gren a while ago and finally got it restored. It was full of holes and the base section is a replacement tin can, but as its such a rare gren im not to bothered about it. after filling the holes and a bit of TLC its as good as new.
the top cylinder was filled with white phospherous and the bottom with a conventional slow burn smoke composition. Upon ignition the top would burst creating an instant smoke screen. this would also ignite the bottom can which would then give a steady smoke output for approx 45 seconds.
Cheers, Paul.

 

[pzgr40]

Very nice restauration job.
Thanks for posting.

Regards, DJH

 

[roller63]

You are getting far too good at this Paul ! Top job and def worth saving.

 

[Andysarmoury]

Well done Paul, first class job
cheers
Andy

 

[Rockteer]

Great job!! One question, did you have to put an insert inside the "can"? just wondering what holds the filler in?

Hi All.
I got this tatty No81 gren a while ago and finally got it restored. It was full of holes and the base section is a replacement tin can, but as its such a rare gren im not to bothered about it. after filling the holes and a bit of TLC its as good as new.
the top cylinder was filled with white phospherous and the bottom with a conventional slow burn smoke composition. Upon ignition the top would burst creating an instant smoke screen. this would also ignite the bottom can which would then give a steady smoke output for approx 45 seconds.
Cheers, Paul.

 

[paul the grenade]

Hi Rocketeer. All i did was pack the can with tissue paper, apply the filler and when dry and sanded, i then removed the tissue paper.

 

[Rockteer]

The results are very satisfactory and much more displayable than before. Considering it is 70+ years old it hasn't done so bad!