beerdragon54 Posted November 5, 2019 #1 Posted November 5, 2019 Picked this up recently for cheap. Has me confused as the hole indicates a trainer but the color and stencil appeared ok. A reproduction or a trainer made to look like a real one? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Kaptainssurplus Posted November 5, 2019 #2 Posted November 5, 2019 Looks like it was orginally a real M69 trainer. Doesn't look like one of those chinese fakes. Yours is pretty rough condition and the paint job was done by someone.
thorin6 Posted November 5, 2019 #3 Posted November 5, 2019 Here's what a training grenade looks like:
beerdragon54 Posted November 5, 2019 Author #4 Posted November 5, 2019 Has the number 7 stamped in top and bottom. Compare to my M69 trainer the body is thicker and so is the neck that the fuze screws in. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
beerdragon54 Posted November 5, 2019 Author #5 Posted November 5, 2019 M69 weighs 10.5 ounces without fuze and this one is 13.8 ounces. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
917601 Posted November 5, 2019 #6 Posted November 5, 2019 Not sure what to think. Looks cast, maybe for weight? M67 weighs 14 ounces w fuze. Lettering added, not right, painted, not inked. Stamped " 7" looks puzzling, not a cheap repro. My guess, a very early training grenade example or EOD training example. Lots of work in casting it to get the weight correct. My vote, original, early practice grenade....I have a few unissued, pristine practice grenades with both Vietnam era (FSN number inked- Pre1973) and later modern NSN numbers inked. I will weigh them out.
Kaptainssurplus Posted November 5, 2019 #7 Posted November 5, 2019 It sure is a cast fake, now with the new pics I can tell 100%. I have had 2 or 3 examples of these with the same cast number. It is an older fake, one of the better ones. I also have examples of every M69 variant made, I think there is 3 or 4 variants.
beerdragon54 Posted November 12, 2019 Author #8 Posted November 12, 2019 Thanks for the help gentleman. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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