Category Archives: Weaponry & Relics

Mystery Item No. 3

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Magicfingers

What might this be, and what was it used for? 

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Italian Grenades of the Great War Part Five – The Excelsior-Thévenot P2 Hand Grenade

Posted on August 15, 2021 by Magicfingers

Allow me to introduce you to the Excelsior-Thévenot P2 hand grenade. 

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French Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Three – The Citron Foug Modèle 1916

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Magicfingers

Well, the Citron bit is fairly obvious, in that it’s shaped like a lemon. 

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French Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Two – The Percutante No. 1 (P1)

Posted on July 31, 2021 by Magicfingers

This is the French Percutante No. 1 defensive hand grenade, referred to in the trenches, as you might imagine, as the ‘pear’ grenade. 

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French Hand Grenades of the Great War Part One – Grenade Modèle 1914

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Magicfingers

Now that’s what I call a proper Boy’s Own bomb. 

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Italian Grenades of the Great War Part Four – The BPD Hand Grenade

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Magicfingers

Here we have the BPD hand grenade, one of the early defensive hand grenades used by the Italian Army during the Great War. 

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Italian Grenades of the Great War Part Three – The S.I.P.E. Hand Grenade

Posted on July 9, 2021 by Magicfingers

Back in the world of hand grenades that look like hand grenades (at least to those of us of my generation), this is one of the most common types of defensive grenade used by Italian troops during the Great War. 

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