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United States MK 2 Practice
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Kilroy was Here
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Ahhh Haa, Very interesting Frank, thanks for showing this....another 1944 date M21 can. The nomenclature is all different than the '44 can I showed earlier in thread. Mine has G810 at top, and was loaded 8-44 date, and now yours has a revision date May 5-25-44 and loaded in December '44. Great, very interesting, thanks for showing these pics. :wink:
I wish the M21 grenade was still inside, I would like to see what Blue color shade it was. Maybe it was the same color as the one I have?? :nerd: Still watching for one for color comparison.
Regards, Steve
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Hello Steve,
No problem, I figured that you would enjoy it. I too would love to see the grenade that was originally packaged.
This thread has disposed of an old belief by some (Including me at one time) that The US M21 Practice Grenade & Designation was strictly a Post WW2 Affair.
Thanks and stay safe,
Frank
No problem, I figured that you would enjoy it. I too would love to see the grenade that was originally packaged.
This thread has disposed of an old belief by some (Including me at one time) that The US M21 Practice Grenade & Designation was strictly a Post WW2 Affair.
Thanks and stay safe,
Frank
Kilroy was Here
Well-Known Member
ANOTHER M21 8-44 date
I posted these M21's in another thread already , but these two M21's really should also be in this thread that Frank started, with the super nice early 1939 date MkII blue trainer!!! :tinysmile_fatgrin_t
Pictured on the right is the second WW2 dated M21 that I have found, and added to the collection. It's a "C" "2" marked body and was made by the Crane Co..... one of the very few known makers of pineapple bodies. The other M21 grenade, is a WWI era narrow base body, and is marked with an upside down "T".
I re-read this entire thread, and I think there are still some mistakes and
misconceptions about U.S. WW2 and post-war training grenades.
WW2 U.S. blue trainers I think are really quite a confusing subject, and may deserve a bit more discussion and research sometime.
I posted these M21's in another thread already , but these two M21's really should also be in this thread that Frank started, with the super nice early 1939 date MkII blue trainer!!! :tinysmile_fatgrin_t
Pictured on the right is the second WW2 dated M21 that I have found, and added to the collection. It's a "C" "2" marked body and was made by the Crane Co..... one of the very few known makers of pineapple bodies. The other M21 grenade, is a WWI era narrow base body, and is marked with an upside down "T".
I re-read this entire thread, and I think there are still some mistakes and
misconceptions about U.S. WW2 and post-war training grenades.
WW2 U.S. blue trainers I think are really quite a confusing subject, and may deserve a bit more discussion and research sometime.
