Request for Info

[Eodtek]

Request for Info US M545 Grenade

Does anyone have any info on the US M545 grenade? According to Jane's there were 3 types, HE, HE-I and Incendiary. I am specifically looking for information on the Incendiary version but at this point I will take what I can get.

Darryl has a picture on his site showing it as the XM 545 http://members.shaw.ca/dwlynn/yank/usid.htm

 

[grog18b]

Looks like someone stuck a hand grenade fuze on top of a 40mm HE fragball...

 

[dano1917]

Looks like someone stuck a hand grenade fuze on top of a 40mm HE fragball...

Any pictures grog as would really like to see it?? Dano

 

[Eodtek]

Any pictures grog as would really like to see it?? Dano

The link I provided takes you to the page and the pic is at the bottom.
Hopefully Darryl won't mind if I directly link to it here.

It's 50mm in diameter and the M213 fuze lever is bent to fit around the body.

 

[US-Subs]

Mike it seems like there was a company flier put out on these (their 2-3 grenade series) once, back about the mid 80s or so. If I recall they were out of AZ, or somewhere nearby in the US SW? I'm not sure if I have the flyer or just saw it, but I do not remember ever seeing anything on an incendiary. I'll dig a little this weekend, but don't hold your breath - it might have been while visiting Ordnance or someone else - Rick?

 

[Eodtek]

Mike it seems like there was a company flier put out on these (their 2-3 grenade series) once, back about the mid 80s or so. If I recall they were out of AZ, or somewhere nearby in the US SW? I'm not sure if I have the flyer or just saw it, but I do not remember ever seeing anything on an incendiary. I'll dig a little this weekend, but don't hold your breath - it might have been while visiting Ordnance or someone else - Rick?

Yep it was Accuracy Systems Inc. out of AZ.

This is from Jane's:

DescriptionThe M545 is a thin 50 mm diameter spherical steel ball loaded toprovide a number of different ballistic functions, includingHE/fragmentation, HE/concussion, HE/incendiary/concussion andfragmentation/incendiary. Three sizes of steel ball are available:3.0 mm diameter, providing approximately 1300 0.12 g fragments pergrenade; 4.8 mm diameter, providing approximately 225 0.5 g fragmentsper grenade; 6.5 mm diameter, providing approximately 150 1.0 gfragments per grenade.The grenade is filled with the maker's `Magdex Hi-Shock' explosiveand is designed to provide the maximum amount of blast with verylimited fragmentation spread. Alternatively, it can be filled with anexplosive/incendiary composition (M545IC) or with an entirelyincendiary composition (M545I).

 

[dano1917]

Excellent grenade, it resembles M67 only smaller. How rare is something like that?? Dano

 

[Eodtek]

So rare that there seems to be no data on it.