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Mk. II EC Hand Grenade
The Mk. II was a US, cast iron-bodied, defensive fragmentation hand grenade, which was filled with a smokeless powder and had an igniferous (igniting) fuze. Background The Mk. II was developed post World War One (WWI) with production continuing into World War Two (WW2). During the late 1920s, or early 1930s the Mk. II EC-filled grenade initially replaced the Mk. II TNT high explosive (HE)-filled version, which had itself replaced the WWI er...
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