Color and Markings: White cap. "Gewehr Fallschirmleuchtgranate" stencilled on body.

Propellant: 1.5 g propellant enclosed in a cartridge case which is closed with a wooden bullet.

DESCRIPTION. This grenade consists of a thin-walled body which contains another in-ternal container. (See fig. 307.) The internal container holds the parachute and illuminat-ing star. The grenade has a thin conical cap and is fitted with two delay pellets and two ejection charges.

OPERATION. On firing, delay 1 is ignited by the flash from the propellant gases. After 6.5 seconds of flight, ejection charge 1 is initiated. This ejects the container holding the star and parachute. At the same time, delay 2 is initiated. During this part of the flight, the cap hangs from the container by means of a cord. After delay 2 has burned through (2 seconds), ejection charge 2 is initiated and the parachute and star ejected. It is sta-ted that distance up to 650 meters may be illuminated.

REMARKS. Each grenade is packed together with a propellant charge in a card-board container.

Figure 307 – Illuminating Rifle Grenade