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M18 (Coloured Smoke Hand Grenade)

Grenade  
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Korea, Republic of
Philippines
Singapore
United States of America

The M18 are a series of US World War Two (WW2) era-developed, cylindrical, sheet metal-bodied, coloured smoke hand grenades, which are fitted with a delay fuze. The M18 are a further evolution of the earlier M16 coloured smoke hand grenades, which produced smoke in the following colourations: black (grey); blue; green; orange; red; violet; and yellow. The M18 is produced in four variants, these individually producing smoke in the following...

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Years of manufacture (78)

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Found in 11 countries

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