FOREIGN GRENADES. FRENCH
The description of British and German grenades apply also to those grenades used by the French army. They are:
- 1. Three kinds of petards.
- 2. Pear-shaped percussion grenade hand.
- 3. The “Besozzi” grenade.
Ball Grenade.
1. BALL GRENADE OR FORTRESS GRENADE
Description
Igniter. Friction tube with wire pull let into wooden fuse.
Safety Devices:
- 1. The fuse is carried separate.
- 2. The plug is covered with paper.
- 3. The wire pull is bent to prevent a direct pull of the fuse.
To Use. [See German spherical Grenade, p. 43].
2. PEAR-SHAPED GRENADE—Percussion
Description
Igniter. A copper tube containing striker, creep spring and detonator.
Pear-shaped Grenade.
Safety Devices:
- 1. The cams lever secures striker while the lever
- is held in place against body of grenade.
- 2. The strong loop which holds lever against body
- of grenade and is fastened by a metal seal.
- 1. This grenade is always “alive.”
- 2. Holding grenade in right hand, neck towards the
- wrist, the lever against the palm of the hand.
- 3. Pull off the metal seal with left hand.
- 4. Throw the grenade.
Note. This grenade must be carefully handled; it is carried and packed “alive.”
Besozzi Grenade.