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Mills grenade that went "pop"
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Fuzeman
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Hi dave Thats an interesting piece i guess it was primed , but not filled?
Steve
Steve
gothica7
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Hi Dave, nice pre sectioned gren as you say. Probably a partial detonation whereby the gren landed in such a way so as to not have had the det covered by the explosive. As the det was not central this sometimes happened. The gren would have been filled with a little over 2oz of explosive which is a little over half of what it could take. However this may not have been the case and the whole lot could have gone off. Either way, a nice addition to any collection.