What's new
British Ordnance Collectors Network

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

Croatian hand grenades RB Lipovica

G

goran_croatia

Well-Known Member
Here is something more from my collection of inert croatian ordnance. This grenade was produced in first half of 1991 in "Lipovica" factory. It is made of cast aluminium,it existed in three types,depending of which fuze has been used for finishing grenade in the factory: pyrotechnic delay fuze, percussion fuze or classice M75 fuze made of practice yugoslavian M75 grenade fuze with practice detonator converted into live:

lipovicaverzije.jpg
 
EOD said:
Goran did Lipovica use a manufacturer code?
Click to expand...
No, because it had war production just for three months in the first months of war. Manufacturer codes were used just by factories which have been producing ordnance for Croatian army more than couple of years and whose products were officialy approved by Croatian ministry of defence.
 
I asked because there are plenty of wartime codes on ammo from other countries like BiH etc. I wonder if all "codes" were issued officially as any factory might have applied their initials as a simple identifier.
 
EOD said:
I asked because there are plenty of wartime codes on ammo from other countries like BiH etc. I wonder if all "codes" were issued officially as any factory might have applied their initials as a simple identifier.
Click to expand...
In Croatia that was not like in BiH, only officialy accepted ordnance got manufacturer codes and put it on ordnance made by that factory.
 
Hello Goran,

thank you very much for your above Information which is very helpful, but I have some more questions and would be glad if you could help to answer these.
My latest catch is the following (all empty and 100% INERTT FFE) grenade-body, see fotos:

KOZARA Novska_1-1.jpgKOZARA Novska_1-2.jpgKOZARA Novska_1-3.jpgKOZARA Novska_1-4.JPGKOZARA Novska_1-5.JPGKOZARA Novska_1-6.jpg

It looks like another variation of this grenade-type but was advertised as "KOZARA" or "KOZARA Novska". Is this just a different name or was it made in a different place?

Description of what we have on the foto:
The body does consist of an outside smooth cast-aluminium which has a strong prefragmentation (fotos 1-4 and 1-5) on the inside of the body.
Additionally there had been inside of the grenade-body a thick asphalt- /bitumen-layer in which these steel-fragments (foto 1-6) were embeded.
The weight of the empty body (without fuze / asphalt / fragment, only the aluminium) is 112 gram.
The weight of the steel-fragments (in total 218 pieces, in various sizes) is 113 gram.
The fuze was unfortunatly not included in the purchase. Ive got only the fotos from the pre-owner.
But what I can say so far on the fuze:
It has a standard-thread (not reverse), neither the-practive-fuze for the M75 do match nor the Fuze of the Rapidovka 2 (foto below).

P1030267.JPG

Could you provide further detail-fotos on your 3 Lipovica-Types, are they also carrying a fragmentation-matrix inside / steel-fragements?
How does especilly the type in the center of your foto look if the fuze-cap is unscrewed (same or different like mine? maybe only different material?)
How is the left type on your foto closed, how does the cap look like?

It would be great if you or anybody else could provide further information

Thank you,

Ralf
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top