German smoke grenades

[Tmine35]

Here some inert German smoke grenades.

 

[sudelmuk]

most interesting items, Reino! I think the left one is particularly rare.

 

[sgtlynn]

Isn't the one on the left actually a gas grenade??

 

[Tmine35]

No, it's smoke grenade ( Blendkrper 14 ).

 

[MissingSomething]

Very nice examples.... great collection. Thanks for sharing :tinysmile_twink_t:

 

[Grenademan2005]

The Shaving Stick grenade is just wonderful, I want one of these!!!! The Red cap indicates 1 second delay fuse, it is a booby traped grenade?

 

[paul the grenade]

Morning Miguel.
I dont think its a booby trap as its only a smoke grenade.
Most military smoke grenades ive used only have a 1 or 2 second delay before they start smoking so maybe this is the reason for the red cap.
Cheers, Paul.
P.S. I have worked out how to get updated by email now. Cheers for that.

 

[Tmine35]

The charge on right with external fuze is color smoke signal ( Landungsrauchzeichen ) used by Luftwaffe. They were 3 different colors, I think.
The two in middle are different sizes of orange color signals used by Wehrmacht.

 

[Grenademan2005]

Hi:
With only that little delay you have to throw them VERY FAST, Paul! The BZE39 caps were painted in several colours for denote delay time:
Red: 1 second.
Blue: 4,5 seconds. Standard time for egg grenades and M43 sticks.
Yellow: 7,5 seconds. Often found in the hollow charge antitank mines.
Grey: 10 seconds.

http://www.lexpev.nl/grenades/europe/germany/shavingstickgrenade.html

 

[Tmine35]

Signal smoke charges often had 1 - 1,5 second delay only. They were not explosive and obviously sometimes it was need to create the smoke signal at once ( as example to prevent enemy from throwing it away from his positions ).

 

[Grenademan2005]

Yes, that is true, :stupido2:, if you need a smoke cloud for hide something you need it fast.

 

[Grenadier]

:hello:
Don't forget that the smoke mixtures have slow ignition. So they have an additional delay to those of the fuze.
:ciao:

 

[MG34NZ]

Interesting variants Reino, Thank you for sharing these. When were the glass BK type used? and was there an internal Vial of some sort for a reactive chemical ? or was the agent reactive with air?
Regards
Andrew

 

[Tmine35]

BK14 was filled with Titanium Tetrachloride which reacted with air humidity to produce a smoke cloud. In very dry or cold ambient it didn't work. Therefore BK24 containing and additional salt water charce in small tube was developed in the next.

 

[Grenadier]

Here some inert German smoke grenades.

Hi,
Is that large red one Handrauchzeichen (right to the Rauchsichtzeichen Orange 80)?

 

[Tmine35]

No, it's a big brother of orange 80. I have it somewhere in my books but couldn't find it just now. I think it was called Orange 120 :questionmark:

 

[Grenadier]

"Usual" Orange 160 is shorter. Does it have any markings/stencilings?

 

[Tmine35]

All stencillings are faded away. This also may be a Luftwaffe marker as it comes from such a place. I got it years ago and never studied it carefully.

 

[Grenadier]

Can you post a picture from above?

 

[Tmine35]

Here it comes. The pot is 45mm diameter and 102mm long.