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Breda Mod.35 | |
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Type | Offensive type grenade |
Place of origin | Italy |
Service history | |
In service | 1935–1945 |
Used by | Royal Italian Army |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Breda Meccanica Bresciana |
Variants | Breda Mod. 40 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 200 g (7.1 oz) |
Height | 96 mm (3.8 in) |
Diameter | 58 mm (2.3 in) |
Filling | TNT or dinitronaphthalene |
Filling weight | 63 g (2.2 oz) |
Detonation mechanism | Percussion on impact |
The Breda Mod. 35 is a hand grenade issued to the Royal Italian Army during World War II.
Entered into service in 1935, the Breda Mod. 35, together with the SRCM Mod. 35 and the OTO Mod. 35 represented the new generation of hand grenades with which the Royal Italian Army faced the Second World War. It is an offensive type hand grenade, made up of an aluminium cylindrical body with the two trunk-conical shaped ends of, painted red and loaded with 63 g (2.2 oz) of TNT-dinitronaphthalene that at the time of the explosion projects splinters in a radius of 10 m (33 ft). The device consists of the charge carrier, the detonator, the capsule and the needle carrier. It has two safeties, an ordinary one consisting of a rubber flap attached to a plate with two branches, and an automatic one consisting of headphones, cross bar and brass tape delay.
At the moment of use the ordinary security is flipped and the grenade thrown, the headset is reversed causing the disrolling of delay tape, finally dragging the crossbar to safety. At this time the bomb is ready to explode, as soon as the collision with the ground overcomes the resistance of the antagonist spring, it causes the advancement of the pin that strikes the capsule, triggering the explosion.
This article includes a
list of references,
related reading, or
external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks
inline citations. (December 2015) |
Breda Mod.35 | |
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Type | Offensive type grenade |
Place of origin | Italy |
Service history | |
In service | 1935–1945 |
Used by | Royal Italian Army |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Breda Meccanica Bresciana |
Variants | Breda Mod. 40 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 200 g (7.1 oz) |
Height | 96 mm (3.8 in) |
Diameter | 58 mm (2.3 in) |
Filling | TNT or dinitronaphthalene |
Filling weight | 63 g (2.2 oz) |
Detonation mechanism | Percussion on impact |
The Breda Mod. 35 is a hand grenade issued to the Royal Italian Army during World War II.
Entered into service in 1935, the Breda Mod. 35, together with the SRCM Mod. 35 and the OTO Mod. 35 represented the new generation of hand grenades with which the Royal Italian Army faced the Second World War. It is an offensive type hand grenade, made up of an aluminium cylindrical body with the two trunk-conical shaped ends of, painted red and loaded with 63 g (2.2 oz) of TNT-dinitronaphthalene that at the time of the explosion projects splinters in a radius of 10 m (33 ft). The device consists of the charge carrier, the detonator, the capsule and the needle carrier. It has two safeties, an ordinary one consisting of a rubber flap attached to a plate with two branches, and an automatic one consisting of headphones, cross bar and brass tape delay.
At the moment of use the ordinary security is flipped and the grenade thrown, the headset is reversed causing the disrolling of delay tape, finally dragging the crossbar to safety. At this time the bomb is ready to explode, as soon as the collision with the ground overcomes the resistance of the antagonist spring, it causes the advancement of the pin that strikes the capsule, triggering the explosion.