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S&W No. 81 Practice Grenade

MissingSomething

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Does anyone have any info / data sheets on the Smith & Wesson Chemical Co. No. 81 practice grenade?

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I picked up a nice one, but I dont have any info in my library for it. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
 
They were designed to be an economical / reusable training aid for familiarization and practice throwing. They were offered with a dummy fuze and optional live fuzes and chemical agent pellets were also available for effect if desired. Clip from a S&W Catalog circa Early 1980's attached.
 

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Federal Laboratories also offered a similar type of system known as the No. 240 Practice Grenade.
 

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Ditto on what he says. I almost bought a complete kit but unfortunately it was way too much!
 
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