THIS GRENADE WAS ALSO TRIALED IN THE UK BY THE MUNITIONS INVENTIONS DEPARTMENT IN 1915-16 BUT WAS NOT ADOPTED.
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| THIS GRENADE HAS A SIMPLE COVER WHICH APPEARES TO HAVE BEEN GLUED ON AS THERE ARE NO CATCHES OR LOCKING MECHANISMS ON THE BODY. IT WOULD HAVE HAD A SMALL PERCUSSION CAP IN THE CENTRE WHICH WOULD HAVE HAD TO BE STRUCK TO IGNITE THE FUZE. THESE GRENADES WERE FIRED FRON A SPECIAL GRENADE LAUNCHER CALLED THE "LANCIABOMBE MINUCCIANI ROTATIVO" THIS GRENADE WAS ALSO TRIALED IN THE UK BY THE MUNITIONS INVENTIONS DEPARTMENT IN 1915-16 BUT WAS NOT ADOPTED. |
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