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Just got this grenade in the post this morning it is a italian torretta rifle grenade does anyone have any information on this model . Year they were made what they were fired from etc . Thanks in advance if anyone can help

shaun
 

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Did you check the book of Maurice Frei "BOMBA A MANO E DAT FUCILE ITALIANE, 1914-1918"?
 
About all I know on this one is it is WWI Italian rifle grenade and I hate to throw the word "rare" out there, but it is. Great snag....Dano
 
Hi Shaun
it's a nice one but it's not a rifle grenade, it's a small (65mm) mortar grenade. The throw lenght was 350-840 meters.
The mortar was made in only 100 pieces during 1915, so the grenade is quite rare to find.
There were 2 differents grenades, one explosive and one illuminating.
The explosive one (as yours) has a specific fuze, and a mod 85/99 igniter, so the one in your grenade is uncorrect, it looks me a 79/99. I've seen also a different igniter, i think mod 15 with more sensivity for reduce unexploded grenades.
The illuminating one is longer and with a wood plug, and it's very very rare and very very expensive to buy (when you have the luck to find one)

davide
 
Did you check the book of Maurice Frei "BOMBA A MANO E DAT FUCILE ITALIANE, 1914-1918"?
thanks for that mate the person i got the grenade from has sent me some scanned pages of it

thanks again shaun
 
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