Latest additions - practice grenades.

[super7]

Received the following set of practice handgrenades from a friend. The first three have been identified, not sure how original the US set of three is, and quite puzzled by the practice stick grenade which is supposingly of Swiss origin. Not sure though because I have not been able to find any reference of it on the web.

Regards, Jan

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[super7]

Does anybody knows what origin the practice grenade has in the last picture? Much appreciated.

Regards, Jan

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[Grenademan2005]

The US set, I think they are souvenir grenades, not original practices ones. About the last one, I have no idea, but it could be a kitchen tool too.

 

[dano1917]

Received the following set of practice handgrenades from a friend. The first three have been identified, not sure how original the US set of three is, and quite puzzled by the practice stick grenade which is supposingly of Swiss origin. Not sure though because I have not been able to find any reference of it on the web.

Regards, Jan

http://www.westernfront.nl

Jan, Your 3 US practice grenades probably "surplus circuit" fakes. On the lemon and pineapple see if a M228 fuze screws in threads, if it does most likely fake. The lemon stands the best chance of being an original US practice body, but doubtful...Dano

 

[V40]

Jan,

What is the ID of the middle grenade in the first picture that is left to right?

I believe I know what that one is.

Nice grenades none-the-less and a great picture too.

 

[super7]

Thanks guys. Appreciate the info. Dano, I also think that the three US grenades
are fakes because screwing in the fuze is not going smoothly and the
thread looks like being casted with the grenade.

V40, the top three are in order left to right:

- German DM58 practice
- DDR RGD-5 style practice
- Russian URG-N practice

And the alumium stick grenade should be of Swiss origin according to its
previous owner who bought the item in a Swiss gun shop some 10 years ago.

Regards, Jan

http://www.westernfront.nl

 

[cornman]

Agree with you Dano, espescially the left grenade in the 4th picture is in my opion a fake. Much too rough.

Regards, Cornman

 

[Grenademan2005]

Guys, you are repeating what I already said in post #3, maybe Im invisible or what? :heeeelllllooooo:

 

[V40]

Corman, that one in the middle looks to me as a North Korean grenade. Which is to me at least the one they supplied ComBloc Forces in Vietnam.