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Short History This grenade was developed by the Danish and produced in Denmark, designated the Haandbombe Model 1923. After the German occupation, ordnance plants continued production using their nomenclature: “Handgranate 343 d" and changed the color from gray to yellow. Here are the two types. The German occupation produced "343d" next to the earlier Danish Mod23. 
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Construction & Function The body is made of thick sheet metal with a brass percussion delay fuze assembly. The top plunger is the striker mechanism, the bottom cap accesses the detonator, and there is a safety fuze interrupter in the side which obviously needs to be removed, but it's not clear what the exact operating sequence is. (Any info about that?) Shown here is the standard offensive grenade and next to it the defensive type. (Thanks Francesco, Paul & Colin) The defensive model is created by the addition of a fragmentation sleeve, consisting of two identical half shells attached to the offensive grenade and secured with wire wrapped around the top and bottom . |
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"A" - Fragmentation Sleeve (2x) "B" - Wire Clamp (2x) |
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