U.S. MK 1 hand grenade

[M10a3]

 

[gothica7]

Very nice indeed, are you going to tell us anything about it, please do.

Andy

 

[BMG50]

Nice bit of kit, how does the lever work, i see the top half of a lever, does this bit fly off or does this release the bottom half.

 

[M10a3]

BMG, the lever rotates and the cock striker is released. I believe they were only produced between 1917-1918ish. They were quickly replaced by the MKII after troops had issues with them in the field. Many times they failed to function properly and then were used against the U.S. troops.

 

[Pea Shooter]

Here is a closer picture of the mark I striker top for the fuse. The pin was pulled and then the lever was twisted right or left and that released the top to let the striker hit the fuse. A lot of US service personnel did not have much grenade training, and those that did were use to the French F-1, with spoon mechanism working like todays Mk-II. In the excitement they would pull the pin and throw the grenade. The Germans would twist the lever and throw it back. The MK-II was standardized in 1920. Vaughn

 

[Kosta_g]

It might be interesting: typical fragmentation of Mk1 hand grende filled with Trojan grenade powder

 

[orcutteod]

Interesting I have an old Trojan TNT box.