Id grenade (5)

[MINENAZ16]

Hello,

A rainy winter day, so I spent time on Digitaltmuseum and I found grenades, sometimes with strange and maybe wrong references.

This one is described as Belgian 1921 (??).

More information on this strange F1 ?

Regards

 

[sgtlynn]

Looks like the french 1917 H. LeBlanc fuze, the body closure at the bottom is odd for an F1 though.

 

[MINENAZ16]

Yes it is Leblanc design fuze.
This fuze is usually fitted on this modified F1. I've never seen this grenade so maybe a Leblanc experimental grenade.
As far as I know, Leblanc invention was not adopted in France.
I heard Belgian used it.

http://ordnance.info/product_info.php?products_id=3717

 

[Yodamaster]

Apparently, in 1917, us army take the F1 grenade and Leblanc fuze as model to make the initial Mk 1.
Read last paragraph of this http://titus2h.e-monsite.com/pages/premiere-guerre/12-les-allumeurs-automatiques.html


Yoda

 

[MINENAZ16]

Apparently, in 1917, us army take the F1 grenade and Leblanc fuze as model to make the initial Mk 1.
Read last paragraph of this http://titus2h.e-monsite.com/pages/premiere-guerre/12-les-allumeurs-automatiques.html


Yoda

Thanks Yoda, I already know this article