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| GERMAN HAND & RIFLE GRENADES |
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GERMAN |
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Data |
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Total weight |
1 lb. 14 oz. |
SMOKE HAND GRENADE 39 |
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Overall lenght |
14 inches. | |
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Ignition |
B.Z. 39 | |
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Delay |
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N4 ignition tube |
7 seconds. | |
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Filling |
(HC) Berger mixture | |
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zinc & hexachlorethane | |
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Color |
Olive drab. | |
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Markings |
White band 8" wide | |
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around center of |
NEBELHANDGRANATE 39 |
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handle and lettering | |
| Nb.Hgr. 39 stencilled in white around the body above a bro-ken white band. | ||
| DESCRIPTION |
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This grenade closely resembles the H.E. stick grenade 24 in external form and size. However, instead of the H.E. filling this grenade is filled with a Berger smoke mixture. There are eight holes in the base of the head through which the smoke escapes. The handle has three horizontal corrugations at the screw cap end to assist in differentation by touch. |
| OPERATION |
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Insert the friction igniter into the handle and the place the open end of the flash cap into the recess in the top of the friction igniter, finally screwing the head onto the handle. Then, by removing the screw cap and pulling the igniter, the delay is ignited and the grenade may be thrown. Smoke is emitted for two minutes. Because of the short du-ration of the smoke, this grenade is used where accuarcy in placing a small screen is most important, such as screening machine gun nests and pillboxes. |
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