Text copied from TM 1985-6 (1953) :
Description: This grenade is composed of a very lightcasing of metal, made in two parts: a flat lower cylinder, and, screwed to this, a cylinder of smaller diameter which has a truncated cone-shaped top.
The safety pin consists of two long brass strips and one short brass strip. The two longer strips pass one on the either side of the base of the channen-shaped safety device, and the short strip engages and locks in a slot in the body of the grenade.
The striker is riveted to the cap, the top of which is shaped to take the heavy metal ball.
The explosive is conained in a metal box which has a well in it for the detonator. A spring holds the striker away from the detonator.
Operation: On withdrawal of the pin, the safety cap (of light aluminium) is freed so that it becomes disengaged during flight. The cap is hinged and by its weight withdraws the channel-shaped safety device. The grenade is then armed to fire upon impact. In trail with this grenade, no ill effects were felt by men standing 25 yards from the burst. There is practically no fragmentation, and the blast is only fair.
Total length: 87mm , Diameter: 55mm , Weight: 200gram , Filling: 43gramTrinitrotoluol/Binitronaphtalin.
72 grenades were packed in a wooden case.
In German service, this grenade carried the German designation "Handgranate 327 (i)" |
