Trying to identify this US grenade

[ripndip]

just bought this to day the person said it was a WWII grenade but im not shur and was wondering if anyone knew what it was and if it is a real WWII grenade and how much it would sell for

[Adrian Stevenson]

US M21 Practise grenade. Post war version. See here:

Mk.II Hand Grenade, WWII and After - Inert-Ord.net

Cheers, Ade.

[Wagriff]

Well, for one thing-the fuze assembly is a modern M213. The body itself Looks to be a standard Mark II fragmentation grenade from the 1942-43 WWII era, as evidenced by it's non-threaded base hole where it was drilled to de-mil it. The blue color denotes a practice grenade (at least this particular Fuse assembly,anyway-the body could be original with a replaced fuse set) Value-wise? Often times at militaria shows you can find boxes of the bodies for usually the $5-10 range and another 10 bucks or so to add the fuse assembly to it, so you're looking at anywhere from 15 to 25 bucks. WWII type fuses can be located -they're not hard to get,so you might want to think about getting the proper fuse and handle for it sometime. William

Here's a few good sites to check out for ID'ing these things:
American Mk.II Hand Grenade - Inert-Ord.Net
GRENADES 2

[Walkwolf]

I believe it to be an entirely modern replica. The fuse body (made of plastic ?)
and lever are repros, IMO. $10-$15 at many surplus stores.

Below: MKIIAI Practice, Late 50's............

[COLT 1911A1]

Though mixmatched, way to go , ripndip...
Regards, Thanos.

[ripndip]

Though mixmatched, way to go , ripndip...
Regards, Thanos.

thanks a lot im gonna be on the look out for a WWII top to switch on to this

[Walkwolf]

The website called: 'Inert-ord' is a good place for information
on all types of grenades from all countries, all eras.

There is a small section on replicas and fakes of American
handgrenades on one of these ordnance sites.
I can't remember which one..........

[ripndip]

The website called: 'Inert-ord' is a good place for information
on all types of grenades from all countries, all eras.

There is a small section on replicas and fakes of American
handgrenades on one of these ordnance sites.
I can't remember which one..........

im gonna have to check that out

[Walkwolf]

A WWII fuse assembly may not fit that grenade body. If you can find one, it will be
worth a try though. It's possible that the body is an original MKII,
and the lever the only 'bad' part.

The pic below is a typical 'dummy' grenade that was available at most surplus
stores in the 1980's and 90's. The fuse is a genuine 'M-213' type, but the
RFX body is an off-shore cast replica, and it will only accept this type
of assembly because of the thread size.

The M-213 fuse and lever assembly was made for the 'M69' baseball type
grenade - shown last - and though it has a replica body, you can see
the lever was intentionally designed for it, which is shorter than
the one on the genuine MKII 'M-21' blue practice.

You may only need the correct lever and a coat of OD paint
to complete it..........