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Is this a legit US M33 grenade.
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ordman
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Now let me get this streight
M33 same as M67 minus safety clip
M67 frag has safety clip
M50 is a modifided M30 training grenade plugged and filled with TNT and used as
alernative live fire traing grenade for qualification.
This answers a question for me
I have a smooth skin M69 type with no frag structure
I remember when I was in basic training at Ft Dix NJ in 1969 to qualify in grenades we threw two blue M69s and then a half charge frag. Could this be the infamous M33?
Top left pic Left to Right M26, M30, M69 OVAL, M69 SPHERICAL, M33?, M67 FRAG,
Let me clarify the (for now M33) looks like it has been sealed on the bottom closer inspection of the inside revealed that the bottom of the grenade shows no spaul like what you would find if someone had welded the base hole up. the interior is smooth with no imperfections yet there is no preformed frag structure. "A little more fuel for the fire"
M33 same as M67 minus safety clip
M67 frag has safety clip
M50 is a modifided M30 training grenade plugged and filled with TNT and used as
alernative live fire traing grenade for qualification.
This answers a question for me
I have a smooth skin M69 type with no frag structure
I remember when I was in basic training at Ft Dix NJ in 1969 to qualify in grenades we threw two blue M69s and then a half charge frag. Could this be the infamous M33?
Top left pic Left to Right M26, M30, M69 OVAL, M69 SPHERICAL, M33?, M67 FRAG,
Let me clarify the (for now M33) looks like it has been sealed on the bottom closer inspection of the inside revealed that the bottom of the grenade shows no spaul like what you would find if someone had welded the base hole up. the interior is smooth with no imperfections yet there is no preformed frag structure. "A little more fuel for the fire"
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V40
Well-Known Member
Ord,
The last grenade in the first picture looks like it would be an M33. Also the second picture, bottom row is a M33. Remember the one that is spherical and oblate (which means their is a flat spot on the bottom and a flat spot on top). So what I am gathering is that an M33 will or should be able to stand upright on it's own; Or at least it should be able to. I think I am going to do more research on this. Especially, during the Vietnam War.
I also believe that posssibly the M33 may not have dimples inside it, whereby the M67 does.
The last grenade in the first picture looks like it would be an M33. Also the second picture, bottom row is a M33. Remember the one that is spherical and oblate (which means their is a flat spot on the bottom and a flat spot on top). So what I am gathering is that an M33 will or should be able to stand upright on it's own; Or at least it should be able to. I think I am going to do more research on this. Especially, during the Vietnam War.
I also believe that posssibly the M33 may not have dimples inside it, whereby the M67 does.
I think too much is being read into this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1vG1Fg3260
The M33 and the M67 are the same body with the only exception being of the grenade being the fuze is modified with the addition of an additional safety clip (referred to by most as a Jungle Clip).
This is not uncommon in US grenades as the only difference between the MK II and the MKIIA1 is that the MKIIA1 uses the M10A3 fuze or the M204 series fuze. The body stayed the same.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1vG1Fg3260
The M33 and the M67 are the same body with the only exception being of the grenade being the fuze is modified with the addition of an additional safety clip (referred to by most as a Jungle Clip).
This is not uncommon in US grenades as the only difference between the MK II and the MKIIA1 is that the MKIIA1 uses the M10A3 fuze or the M204 series fuze. The body stayed the same.
ordman
Well-Known Member
Nope the second picture bottom row is an M67 it has the internal frag stucture
i'm positive on that it is spherical I think the angle it's sitting at makes it look oval
The last 2 pictures are the questionable M33
There must be a difinitive answer to this puzzle out there some where
i'm positive on that it is spherical I think the angle it's sitting at makes it look oval
The last 2 pictures are the questionable M33
There must be a difinitive answer to this puzzle out there some where