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Unknown grenade
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paul the grenade
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Hi.
this is a charge for the Naval explosive (or acoustic) sweep Mk3, which was used for mine countermeasures. The inert version is an operational store. an unknown number of these grenades would be fired into the sea to give a particular acoustic signature. I presume this would help detect any mines in the area.
Cheers, Paul.
this is a charge for the Naval explosive (or acoustic) sweep Mk3, which was used for mine countermeasures. The inert version is an operational store. an unknown number of these grenades would be fired into the sea to give a particular acoustic signature. I presume this would help detect any mines in the area.
Cheers, Paul.
Paul is spot on with these. When used for thier original purpose, they were not fitted with a safety lever, as they were dispensed from a rack they were fitted in. Interestingly, they were also sold to the Belgians in the 1960's as offensive hand grenades with a Belgian fuse asembly, in the documents I have, they were listed as not be used in training, because of thier powrfull explosive content. Tony.
paul the grenade
Well-Known Member
Has anyone got any pictures of the rack that these grenades were deployed from?
Cheers, Paul.
Cheers, Paul.
These are of British origin, please see this post of mine from a while back. Sorry, but these are quite common items. http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/naval-charges-t3710.html?t=3710&highlight=sweep