Norwegian Egghåndgranat M39

[natocollector]

Quite a special hybrid grenade; The Norwegian Egghåndgranat M39. Body's was 'leftovers' from the WW2, the German Eihandgranate M39, and a Norwegian 'tennmekanisme' M49 fuze was put on. These where used for a small period, in the Norwegian Army, in the 1950's. [FONT=&amp]Photo can be seen here: http://ordnance.info/product_info.php?products_id=3646[/FONT][FONT=&amp]
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[ewag2]

I see that the example in the picture has a black colored body. Is that the standard color for these and did Norway repaint them? I'm asking because I have one of these fuzes and I'd like to put it on an egg body, but I want it to look correct. I haven't seen any other pictures of these.

 

[natocollector]

I see that the example in the picture has a black colored body. Is that the standard color for these and did Norway repaint them? I'm asking because I have one of these fuzes and I'd like to put it on an egg body, but I want it to look correct. I haven't seen any other pictures of these.

Pretty sure the Norwegian army never repainted them. You got to remember that there was a lot of military equipment in Norway, 'left' by the Germans during WW2.

The Norwegian M49 fuze was used on both on the German Eihandgranate M39 and the Norwegian Raufoss Bokshåndgranat M43 (Bhdgr M43). Here is a photo of the practice version Norwegian Egghåndgranat M39: http://ordnance.info/product_info.php?cPath=18&products_id=3368 The blue is the latest version, there was a black version at first.