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US Smoke Hand Grenade M16 info
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Jolly Green
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Do you mean M18?
Slick
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Found this:
Grenade, Hand, Smoke, M16 : another type of chemical grenade very similar in size and shape to the M6 / M7 types . Introduced upon demand of the Army Air Corps and Armored Force Command in October - November 1942 . The mixture burned for almost 2 minutes . Here are its main characteristics :
(1) Grenade, Hand, Smoke, Colored, M16 = igniting fuze M200A1 – Sulphur, Potassium Chlorate, Sodium Bicarbonate and dye filler – tinplate smooth cylindrical body - 50 yards range – 2 seconds, full volume after 3 seconds – blue-gray color with SMOKE (COLOR dye), ” lower band, all in yellow color – signal use - approx.use 1943-1944
Remarks : first fuze used was the M200 type . Although introduced in November 1942, the M16 smoke grenade was however quickly declared ‘substitute standard’ due to insufficient smoke volume capability . Initially 8 color dyes were used i.e. blue – green – orange – red – violet – yellow – black – white, later however, blue was dropped – in the end, only 4 basic color mixtures were retained red – yellow – green – violet (while the others were declared ‘obsolete’, but in fact never cancelled) . Grenades filled with colored smoke are mainly used as signals for air-ground and ground-to-ground communication .
Grenade, Hand, Smoke, M16 : another type of chemical grenade very similar in size and shape to the M6 / M7 types . Introduced upon demand of the Army Air Corps and Armored Force Command in October - November 1942 . The mixture burned for almost 2 minutes . Here are its main characteristics :
(1) Grenade, Hand, Smoke, Colored, M16 = igniting fuze M200A1 – Sulphur, Potassium Chlorate, Sodium Bicarbonate and dye filler – tinplate smooth cylindrical body - 50 yards range – 2 seconds, full volume after 3 seconds – blue-gray color with SMOKE (COLOR dye), ” lower band, all in yellow color – signal use - approx.use 1943-1944
Remarks : first fuze used was the M200 type . Although introduced in November 1942, the M16 smoke grenade was however quickly declared ‘substitute standard’ due to insufficient smoke volume capability . Initially 8 color dyes were used i.e. blue – green – orange – red – violet – yellow – black – white, later however, blue was dropped – in the end, only 4 basic color mixtures were retained red – yellow – green – violet (while the others were declared ‘obsolete’, but in fact never cancelled) . Grenades filled with colored smoke are mainly used as signals for air-ground and ground-to-ground communication .
Grenade found :
-color : orange smoke
-fuze : M200 A1
-Base diam 63mm
-Length w/o fuze 120mm
-Length with fuze : 145mm
-Top : four smoke emitting holes protected by adhesive tap
-Body : 3 rows of 6 emitting holes with 3 adhesive bands
-No starter composition between the orange smoke mixture and the fuze. The smoke mixture is very flammable and simply initiated by the flame of the fuze.
Cheers.
-color : orange smoke
-fuze : M200 A1
-Base diam 63mm
-Length w/o fuze 120mm
-Length with fuze : 145mm
-Top : four smoke emitting holes protected by adhesive tap
-Body : 3 rows of 6 emitting holes with 3 adhesive bands
-No starter composition between the orange smoke mixture and the fuze. The smoke mixture is very flammable and simply initiated by the flame of the fuze.
Cheers.
http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/86996-Random-Museum-Ordnance-Photos/page22
Black, Orange and Blue shown on the post from the 20th.
Black, Orange and Blue shown on the post from the 20th.
Apparently, the difference between M16 and M18 is the duration of smoke emission.
http://www.lexpev.nl/grenades/americas/unitedstates/m16m18colouredsmoke.html
Yoda
http://www.lexpev.nl/grenades/americas/unitedstates/m16m18colouredsmoke.html
Yoda
Hello US-Subs, I have all your pictures of M16 grenades with markings (thanks) but I noticed some differences with mine :
-Three rows of six emission holes on mine (no visible hole on yours from the museum)
-no cup for starter between the fuse and the smoke mixture in mine (you showed two cutaways of M16 from the museum with a cup under the fuze).
Regards
From the thread random museum :
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