INERT DEACTIVATED Rare Mint Vietnam War Period Matching 1973 Dates U.S Army M67 INERT DEACTIVATED Rare Mint Vietnam War Period Matching 1973 Dates U.S Army M67 Antique & Militaria

INERT DEACTIVATED Rare Mint Vietnam War Period Matching 1973 Dates U.S Army M67 Fragmentation Baseball Hand Grenade And Transit Container. Sn 15477:3 - 15477:3

INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a near mint Vietnam War period American M-67 hand grenade with its transit container which is a 2.5-inch diameter steel baseball shaped sphere designed to burst into numerous fragments when detonated. It produces casualties within an effective range of 15 meters by the high velocity fragments. The grenade body contains 6.5 ounces of composition B high explosive. This grenade was developed in the late 1950s and replaced the M61 grenade in the late 1960s. The grenade is fitted with a M 213 time fuse, which is activated after pulling out the safety pin and the handle flying off. The grenade body retains virtually all of its original green paint and is stencilled in yellow GRENADE HAND FRAG DELAY, M67 over 5.73 (May 1973) COMP B LOT LS-56-511. The fly off handle is stencilled in black FUSE M213 GOI-1-17 6.73 (June 1973). The grey cardboard and tinplate transit container is stencilled in white round the circumference G881 COMP B LOT LS-56-515 over 1-GRENADE HAND FRAG DELAY M67 W/FUSE M213 . The black painted tin plated lids are embossed FF TOP CONTAINER M415A1 UAC 3-73 (March 1973) . The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to own this inert grenade in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 15477:3

£395.00