Cross-Section of a Grenade

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Instead of a standard bouchon assembly being used this grenade is equipped with a Percussion Plug Assembly, Mark I, containing the striker, primer and standard two inch length Bickford fuse. The grenade is ignited by means of first, removing the percussion cover of cap, then knocking or striking the head of the striker sharply against a hard object or against the body.

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shell, Grenadier, pineapple, bomb, missile, grenade, explosive, fireball, defensive hand held grenade

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Source

Lieutenant Colonel William E. Persons, Infantry Major Oliver S. Wood, Infantry Major Joseph Plassmeyer, Cavalry Captain Paul V. Kellogg and , Infantry First Lieutenant John E.McCammon Military Science and Tactics (, MO: The University Co-operative Store, 1922)

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