Hand Grenades: A handbook on rifle and hand grenades

by Unknown

Safety Devices:
1. The grenades are packed in waterproof paper.

To Use:

• 1. Holding grenade in the right hand, fuse upwards.
• 2. Strike the phosphorus tip with a downwards
• motion of the left hand, with the striking box.
• 3. Throw the grenade at once.

Notes. 1. Fuse burns 5 seconds.
2. These grenades are always carried alive.
3. A special ring or striking box is provided to light the fuse.

Foreign Hair Brush Grenades. They are similar to the British [No. 12 Hand Grenades].

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GERMAN GRENADES

There are two types:

• No. 1. Service grenades.
• No. 2. Improvised or home-made grenades.