Japanese grenade

[RH1941]

I picked this up today on trade . Gary

[RH1941]

Anybody else have one

[MAP]

Great Piece. Like the label on the bottom. Do you know what it says?

I have one but without the label.

[Anderson]

Looks like a very nice example. I've just been reading a research paper on the Pacific war and the jungle fighting that developed. The grenade became a key weapon in dense vegetation where visibility was about 10 metres. The enemy often couldn't be seen so a grenade was lobbed in the direction of sound, movement etc. Both sides used this tactic. Not always effective though, as trees provided cover.

[RH1941]

MAP very nice . and no I don't know what is written on the bottom. Gary

[RH1941]

Hi Anderson that would suck if your buddy's didn't know you went to the bathroom.

[Anderson]

Exactly. In fact a patrol deep in jungle would bivouac for the night in a defensive circle. It would be so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Sometimes the Japanese defenders would try to infiltrate the circle to draw fire to expose a position. Wild firing would invite a grenade. Talk about stress!

[RH1941]

Pitch dark , hot ,millions of bugs and snakes and then you want to throw a grenade at me where do I sign up .

[Geoff Ward]

Here are a couple of pics of one of mine.Unfortunately the tag appears to have gone to time.Regards,Geoff

[rra227]

Nice stuff guys. Rich A. in Pa.