Dutch Manufactured No69 Grenade

[paul the grenade]

Heres an intersting variation of the british NO69 Grenade. Its a copy made in Holland at the Artillerie Inrichtingen Hembrug Factory. Ive no idea of the date of manufacture as the gren has no markings on the bottom. It is fitted with the 247 Mk3 fuze which unscrews at the bottom for ease in assembling the internal fuze parts.
The only markings are what i believe casting numbers. Each of the 7 bakelite components has a 4 figure number starting at 2154 to 2160.There is also a small triangle with a circle below it and inside the circle is and X.
Any more info would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers, Paul.

 

[Chris]

Paul,

Not at work at the moment but will have a look on monday for information


Regards,


Chris

 

[Chris]

Dutch Nr 69

Paul.

Attached some pictures of a Dutch manufactured Nr 69 grenade.
Also some information about the Dutch grenade, only one problem it is in Dutch.
I will try to translate the important things.

The Dutch Nr 69 is nearly the same as the British No 69.
The explosive filling is circa 95 grans of scaled TNT.
The detonator is produced in Germany and called "Sprengkapseln Nr 8" in Dutch language that will be "Slagpijpje Nr 8" length is 4.5 cm and the diameter is 0,695 cm

Hope this help you a little Paul.



Regards,


Chris

 

[paul the grenade]

Thanks for the info chris. very interesting. do you know what dates it was manufactured and used?
Cheers, Paul.

 

[millsbomber]

Pictures of the exercise Dutch No69 (on left).

Dave.