Just ran across this drawing of the US Lebensart experimental hand grenade. Looks like it had some Italian influence in the design. I especially like the add-on bodies to make the long grenade. An almost 1 1/2 pound grenade would be an interesting toss though. ANyone happen to have one???
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Lenbensart L-34 Grenade
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Francesco_Dif
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Lebensart is from Austria and the grenade was adopted in Poland.
Grenadier
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"In June 1925 Polish patent office received a patent for a hand grenade, developed by the Austrian constructor Salomon Lebensart. This grenade had impact percussion fuze with inertia action, with several safety devices. The idea for such a grenade interested very much the Polish military. In the end of 1920ies the licence for manufacturing such fuzes was bought. But the complicated construction of both the grenade and the fuze, as the high production price caused to cease their manufacturing after the first test lot of grenades designated as L 25/28".
"In June 1925 Polish patent office received a patent for a hand grenade, developed by the Austrian constructor Salomon Lebensart. This grenade had impact percussion fuze with inertia action, with several safety devices. The idea for such a grenade interested very much the Polish military. In the end of 1920ies the licence for manufacturing such fuzes was bought. But the complicated construction of both the grenade and the fuze, as the high production price caused to cease their manufacturing after the first test lot of grenades designated as L 25/28".
