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[ww1grenades]

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

 

[EOD]

Did you check the book of Maurice Frei "BOMBA A MANO E DAT FUCILE ITALIANE, 1914-1918"?

 

[dano1917]

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

 

[davide987]

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

 

[ww1grenades]

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