French P grenade?

[vickers]

hi, could this be a French P.. grenade?
Thanks, for the id.

 

[siegfreid]

I think that's a Soviet era practice F1 .

 

[BMG50]

Just for interest what features do each F1 WW 1 French body and the Soviet F1 have that differ between them.

 

[siegfreid]

Just for interest what features do each F1 WW 1 French body and the Soviet F1 have that differ between them.

Left to right . French WW1 , Russian F1 & E. German practice . The Russian ones have flatter bases . Hope this helps !

 

[vickers]

thanks for the info!

 

[Rifleman2]

siegfreid,are the fuse threads the same on these three by chance?

 

[siegfreid]

siegfreid,are the fuse threads the same on these three by chance?

The E. German pracs don't have any threads . You can screw a Russian fuze into a French body but its not a totally perfect fit , very slightly loose .

 

[sgdbdr]

Good evening.


About the french P3 grenade, you have this book on GALLICA :

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65507807.r=

The shape of the body is very specific (see picture, found on DELCAMPE)



Regards,

S.

 

[grenades]

I think vickers grenade is german practic.Until 1939 year Russia was makeing exact copies of French F1's(even with the same markings).The difference is that russian was painted on green and french on blue.Later russian F1's were smaller without hole with screw at the bottom.Beside this its hard to say what shape has french or russian body becouse they have a lot of small differences.On pics early type of russian F1's founded in one place on miltary camp from 1941 year and later version.