Canadian woman finds brand new grenade in backyard
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Could one ever find a spent grenade? Usually just a pin and a fragged spoon is all thats left, of course the small crater, and fragments everywhere.
On a serious note, I would be also keen to find out the nature. Smk, HE frag, prac/dummy, or is it an old M36 or US M26 etc.
I'll do a wait out on this, but I would tend to believe a Smk or M62 prac body w/inert fuse assy or some type of trg aid is the culprit. I can't see an HE frag, but anything is possible these days. One can by the dummies, and HE marked containers for them at any surplus shop or gun show. This might even be the old US pineapple types we see often.
Anyways, wait out.
Wes
On a serious note, I would be also keen to find out the nature. Smk, HE frag, prac/dummy, or is it an old M36 or US M26 etc.
I'll do a wait out on this, but I would tend to believe a Smk or M62 prac body w/inert fuse assy or some type of trg aid is the culprit. I can't see an HE frag, but anything is possible these days. One can by the dummies, and HE marked containers for them at any surplus shop or gun show. This might even be the old US pineapple types we see often.
Anyways, wait out.
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I was told from a very reliable source that it was indeed a Grenade HE C13 sealed in its original package. Obviously, investigation is still going on but it is very easy to figure out who was issued some lately (they probably already know). I wouldn't want to be the RSO who certified that all grenades were either expended or returned. MTF
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Can't see it, specially with grenades. These are manufactured/assembled in Ville LeGardeur PQ by General Dynamics (the old SNC) under very strict contract demands (i.e. if the contract calls for 5000 grenades, they produce 5000 grenades as they don't have storage capacity at the plant). By the way, the security is very tight now that the plant is American owned (no visitors allowed when the plant is manufacturing ammo for US Army).
So again can't see it
So again can't see it
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Spent grenade could have implied it was a smoke grenade. I've found spent smoke grenades camping before.
Then again if it's a HE one that's just a police officer not knowing what she's talking about (mind you who can blame her when how many soldiers of ours don't know jack shit about weapons).
Regardless it's going to have a lot number. Correct me if I'm wrong that soldier who used smoke grenades out west a while ago in that attempted bank heist in the mall got cause cause the smoke grenade he threw had a lot number on the inside of the grenade (him having filed off the outside one). My old sectionc ommander was under investigation for a while because he was one of the two sgt's that signed for that specific lot of pyro.
Then again if it's a HE one that's just a police officer not knowing what she's talking about (mind you who can blame her when how many soldiers of ours don't know jack shit about weapons).
Regardless it's going to have a lot number. Correct me if I'm wrong that soldier who used smoke grenades out west a while ago in that attempted bank heist in the mall got cause cause the smoke grenade he threw had a lot number on the inside of the grenade (him having filed off the outside one). My old sectionc ommander was under investigation for a while because he was one of the two sgt's that signed for that specific lot of pyro.
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Ammo said:
No, let's wait for info to be passed through official channels instead of posting anything that can't be confirmed. Someone's arse may already be deep in a sling and we need not add RUMINT to it. Remember, ANYONE can reads the info you post here.
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