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D&G Grenades
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paul the grenade
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a fantastic line up. thanks Norman!
Daniels and Gardiner, experimental grenade from 1916,,,,,, Dave
Sorry Allan I should have added some text. Briefly the Daniels and Gardiner grenades were designed to meet a desire for a safe and reliable allways acting grenade and, over time, at least eight model types were submitted. The quest for an allways acting grenade started in 1915 and was still running when the war ended in 1918. The names Humphries, Midgely, Bellamy, Cole, Vickery, were all associated with with experimental grenades to meet the requirement. Trials in 1918 highlighted a Bellamy design as the most promising but with the war ending it will be of no surprise that the model submitted by the Chief Superintendent of Ordnance Factories (based on Humphries work) was taken forward (and became the No 54 grenade).
A most interesting design was by, would you believe, a chap named Curruthers. His design was not only a hand and rifle allways acting grenade but it was also bullet-through (as well as being dischargable by a grenade 'blank').
Is the first grenade in the photo an upturned no 5 ? Were there any other modifications ? Cheers Hangarman
Yes, that's right. The other modifications are the removal of the shoulders and the drilling and tapping of the hole between the shoulders that allows the striker to protrude. The hole is fitted with a brass base plug which is also tapped for for a rod. Hope that makes sense.
Here is another picture of the D&G 'Mark' 3 (using the No 5 body):
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Tim. Thanks for the photograph. I thought the only difference between the version that you have shown and the bullet-through type was the 'chamferring' of the body to lighten the grenade and increase the range. It will be interesting to compare the two. Herewith a photograph of the Curruthers bullet-through grenade and (because it was on the same image) the Munitions Invention Department's bullet-through time fuzed hand or rifle grenade. Apologies for the quality of the photograph.
