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strange french F1 after its been cleaned
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dano1917
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what when why where how
Does anyone have any further information on this grenaDE. i HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS RARE JEWELL EVEN EXISTED. wOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION ANYONE COULD PROVIDE AS TO ITS USE, WHERE, WHEN, why etc... Seems like a lot of trouble was gone through to refit an F1 with the British components. Would the fuze threadings be the same on the French F1 in relation to the British guts??? Also shaun, what did you use to clean the grenade, curious as I saw the before picture and it looked really cacked and came out so nice.....Dano
Does anyone have any further information on this grenaDE. i HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS RARE JEWELL EVEN EXISTED. wOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION ANYONE COULD PROVIDE AS TO ITS USE, WHERE, WHEN, why etc... Seems like a lot of trouble was gone through to refit an F1 with the British components. Would the fuze threadings be the same on the French F1 in relation to the British guts??? Also shaun, what did you use to clean the grenade, curious as I saw the before picture and it looked really cacked and came out so nice.....Dano
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Hello
Are you sure it is a british n16 fuze ? hum... just an idea : few days ago, I was looking for russian grenades, and I found a similar shape (almost) F1 grenade, without fuze, but with a plug (not the filling plug) and this plus had the same shape than an fuze.
So, it wasn't a fuze, but a plug with a cylinder inside, to maintain the explosive hole for the real fuze.
It's just an idea....
Pascal
Are you sure it is a british n16 fuze ? hum... just an idea : few days ago, I was looking for russian grenades, and I found a similar shape (almost) F1 grenade, without fuze, but with a plug (not the filling plug) and this plus had the same shape than an fuze.
So, it wasn't a fuze, but a plug with a cylinder inside, to maintain the explosive hole for the real fuze.
It's just an idea....
Pascal