US Mk. II Grenade

**avenger** · 07-01-2016, 12:51 AM

Hi everyone! I picked up this MKII grenade. I believe it is labeled AF for American Fireworks. Not sure what "E" means. I "think" everything is correct and period original.

It does kind of lean a bit at some angles from uneven grinding on the bottom, so that's not the photo. Surprisingly heavy at 533 grams all together (minus the explosives and percussion cap of course).

**SteveR** · 07-01-2016, 01:55 AM

A nice one friend.

**MAP** · 07-01-2016, 03:09 AM

Nice one. A must have for a collection IMHO.

I don't study these but would guess (and just that), that the E is maybe short for HE (high explosive). Again just a guess.

Here is a site that gives a brief oversight of these.

American Mk.II Hand Grenade - Inert-Ord.Net

**UK Cousin** · 07-01-2016, 03:56 AM

I like it! Upon doing some research on the mk2, I found out they were designed by john Browning. Never knew that but I really feel I should have.

**avenger** · 07-01-2016, 05:06 AM

I didn't know that either. Interesting tidbit! Thanks for pointing it out.

**guns ltd** · 07-01-2016, 04:06 PM

Very nice. I have one just like it my dad disarmed and brought home.

john

**Red Devil** · 07-01-2016, 04:55 PM

Very nice grenade. Essential for any WWII US display, and a great example with the yellow band.

**Dirt Detective** · 09-12-2016, 05:08 PM

Beautiful example of a WWII MKII Grenade with a M10A2 spoon. The EK shows the spoon was made by Eastman Kodak and this one has the rarer backwards Z. Congrats on a nice piece.

**Walkwolf** · 09-12-2016, 11:15 PM

Nice original grenade - good score.........!

**Workhorse30th** · 09-14-2016, 09:51 PM

I had the unfortunate experience to destroy dozens and dozens of these last year while deployed.

By destroy I mean throw them and experience the power of a MkII grenade. At least until my demolition guys showed up with explosives to destroy the rest of them.

I kept some fuses however... it was a shame.