Unknown buttom of grenade

[Chris]

Has anybody seen this before on the bottom of the grenade?

Regards,

Chris

 

[Millsman]

Yes, I've seen a couple of screw in bases on F1 type grenades.

John

 

[Yodamaster]

Yes Chris,
here pictures of it. The left one with, I think, a Koweshnikow fuze.


Yoda

 

[Chris]

Thanks Millsman and Yodamaster but has it any use?

Chris

 

[Yodamaster]

Thanks Millsman and Yodamaster but has it any use?

Chris

Hum, filling plug ?


Yoda

 

[Millsman]

Nasty piece of shrapnel.

John

 

[valiant]

It was used for fueling the explosive in the first half of the 20th century