Unknown Yugoslav locally manufactured hand grenade

[pzgr40]

Does anybody know where this unknown Yugoslav locally manufactured hand grenade comes from? I.e. is it Serb, Croat or Bosnian?

The grenade has a fuze similar to the M52R grenade with an open percussion primer. To activate the grenade, the steel cap is screwed off and the copper cap of the percussion primer on top is hit against a hard surface (stone , rifle butt), igniting the firing cap and the pyrotechnic fuze.

Complete length : 109mm
Length grenade body : 87mm
Diameter : 49mm

Regards, DJH

 

[Yodamaster]

Have a look on US TM E 37-2-35 YUGOSLAV GRENADE, HAND, FRAG, MODEL UNKNOWN


Yoda

 

[pzgr40]

Thanks for the info, but I cannot find it...............

 

[Bellifortis]

Hallo DJH,
is this a special percussion cap and is the percussion cap-holder constructed in any special way. From experience I can say, to fire a center-fire cap, it has to be hit by a pointed steel right in the middle with some force. A special rimfire cap (like in Fog-Signals) may work, if the holder is specially arranged. Do you have any info on this ?
regards,
Bellifortis.

Does anybody know where this unknown Yugoslav locally manufactured hand grenade comes from? I.e. is it Serb, Croat or Bosnian?

The grenade has a fuze similar to the M52R grenade with an open percussion primer. To activate the grenade, the steel cap is screwed off and the copper cap of the percussion primer on top is hit against a hard surface (stone , rifle butt), igniting the firing cap and the pyrotechnic fuze.

Complete length : 109mm
Length grenade body : 87mm
Diameter : 49mm

Regards, DJH

 

[pzgr40]

I do not know if it's a centre fired cap, it's the one pointed out by this red Arrow.
Regards, DJH

 

[Yodamaster]

Hallo DJH,
is this a special percussion cap and is the percussion cap-holder constructed in any special way. From experience I can say, to fire a center-fire cap, it has to be hit by a pointed steel right in the middle with some force. A special rimfire cap (like in Fog-Signals) may work, if the holder is specially arranged. Do you have any info on this ?
regards,
Bellifortis.

Apparently, following US TM E 37-2-35 YUGOSLAV GRENADE, HAND, FRAG, MODEL UNKNOWN, the firing cap is a .22 cartridge.

"The protective cap is unscrewed from the fuze. Striking the caliber .22 cartridge case ignites a piece of
time fuse. After an unknown burning time, the fuse initiates a blasting cap that detonates the grenade."


Yoda

 

[pzgr40]

Ok Thanks. There are some spent shellcases on the way to me , like .22. LR , .22 short and .22 tool shellcases. Which one is correct? Should I place a length of replica fuze cord in the shellcase and does this fuze cord run down into the detonator? Or was it a .22 LR shellcase with the bullit removed capped of with cartboard, igniting a pressed pyrotechnic fuze?
There are vent holes around the centre hole of the brass screw cap
Regards, DJH

 

[Yodamaster]

Sorry, I have no more info that what I gived !


Yoda