French F1 Grenade
Ive got a french f1 grenade body only with the letters are moulded into three segments on the side.
French f1 grenade. The shape is more modern yet with an external grooves pattern for a better handiness and an easier fragmentaion. Designs such as the m1916 and m1917 billant fuses turned the f1 into a time fused grenade which was the grenades final ignition system. Originally the f1 was designed to use a lighter based ignition system but later it began using a percussion cap fuse. The model 1915 f1 grenade was a defensive grenade with a segmented hollow cast iron body with a pineapple appearance.
The f1 was a grenade designed during world war i and used by french infantrymen at the time. Russian civil war during the russian civil war the f1 was both given to the white movement forces by france and seized en masse by the bolshevik regime resulting in a very widespread use of the grenade. This new weapon inherits from the experience of the first months of the war. The french f 1 grenade with the m1916 billant fuse was the preferred grenade by the american army during world war i.
The f 1 grenade is a hand grenade mass produced by france during and after ww1 used en masse in the majority of european countries throughout the fi original item. The example shown here is complete with a scarce top hat percussion fuse and transit cap. This is totally inert batf compliant genuine world war one french f1 grenade with a 1916 brilliant fuse offered in very good condition. The french f 1 grenade with the m1916 billant fuse was the preferred grenade by the american army during world war i.
Anyone got an idea of whether this is ww1 or ww2 and also the manufacturer. In may 1915 the very first grenades f1 fusante n01 appeared in restricted quantities. Russian civil war edit during the russian civil war the f1 was both given to the white movement forces by france and seized en masse by the bolshevik regime resulting in a very widespread use of the grenade.