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Malta
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Francesco_Dif
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In response to a need for grenades on the Gallipoli front, it was decided to produce a
number of these weapons at the Naval Ordnance Department in H.M. Dockyard (Malta) as of
August 1915. The external cases were manufactured at the Carlo Pace foundry in Hamrun. Each
was made from cast iron a quater inch in thickness and had a diameter of two and
three-quarters of an inch. These were then transported to a laboratory set up in tents at
the dockyard, where 50 volunteers from the Royal Malta Artillery filled the cases with gun
cotton and sealed them with a brass plug which had a hole in the centre for a fuse.
number of these weapons at the Naval Ordnance Department in H.M. Dockyard (Malta) as of
August 1915. The external cases were manufactured at the Carlo Pace foundry in Hamrun. Each
was made from cast iron a quater inch in thickness and had a diameter of two and
three-quarters of an inch. These were then transported to a laboratory set up in tents at
the dockyard, where 50 volunteers from the Royal Malta Artillery filled the cases with gun
cotton and sealed them with a brass plug which had a hole in the centre for a fuse.
Grenadier
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"Tyufekchieff" is the right name, and this grenade is Bulgarian production; it was delivered to the Turks - at that time Central forces' ally - as a military delivery. If you want I'll post more pictures of it.
