Grenade ID Needed

[Dugup]

Hi All

Can anyone tell me what and where from on this grenade.

A value too if possible.

I am assuming it's a trainer as the fuze is plastic and the bold colouring.

Thanks

Jay Howe
IMAS level III EOD
www.dugup.co.uk

 

[Francesco_Dif]

About the color, maybe a Swiss tested, but non adopted granade. Strange the X55 designation. Some writing on the fuze?

 

[Francesco_Dif]

A fresh news. The grenade is from vietnam. The word "Tập" means "collection" or "episode" in vietnamese.

 

[Dugup]

Thanks Heaps Buddy

That makes a lot of sense as I picked it up in Vietnam, However I really thought it was French or Swiss but could not fine it any where.

Thanks again

Regards

Jay Howe
IMAS Level III EOD
www.dugup.co.uk

 

[weberoed]

The Vietnamese are producing copy of he US M-33 frag grenade. The marking on this grenade match marking used by the company I have listed as "Mechanical-chemical company 13
No. 302 New Trend, the Binh son District-Tuyen Quang province". They also make a copy of the US M-14 AP Mine

 

[Heod357]

Why do you assume that it is a training grenade because the fuze is made of plastic and have bold colors? there are lots of examples of very deadly grenade that have plastic fuzes and strange bold colors. That kind of assumpions can get you killed. Don't forget that not every country uses the same color-coding system and some country's even don't have a color-coding system.

Hans

 

[jvollenberg]

Which marking points you to the manufacturer?

Joe

 

[Dugup]

Hi Hans

I could of worded that better. The plastic fuze is just solid cast plastic, no working parts, solid cast palstic det etc.

Yes you are correct there being a vast range of brightly coloured deadly grenades and such out there.

Thanks for your post

Jay Howe
IMAS Level III EOD
www.dugup.co.uk