hawkdriver Posted January 29, 2014 Share #1 Posted January 29, 2014 For you grenade freaks out there, I was issued a M-67 frag for my ammunition basic load. Just so we have a reference on what current grenades look like, here is mine as I unpacked it; doesn't get any fresher than this. This is the canister and how it is packed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 29, 2014 Share #2 Posted January 29, 2014 Strange looking tomato soup Hawk Thats right out of the can for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkdriver Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted January 29, 2014 And then the Belle of the Ball. The paint seems to be the standard CARC paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkdriver Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted January 29, 2014 Three tours and this is my first ever grenade. Kind of a weird feeling to have a grenade attached to your gear. Notice the pin, learned something new, did not know that is how they are installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGrayGhost Posted January 29, 2014 Share #5 Posted January 29, 2014 Very cool! Interesting to see how certain parts have changed very little in the last 70 years. You get any funny looks while you were out taking pictures of your grenade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 29, 2014 Share #6 Posted January 29, 2014 Very cool! Interesting to see how certain parts have changed very little in the last 70 years. You get any funny looks while you were out taking pictures of your grenade? THis is my little green friend.......I will take his picture.He is a blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bheskett Posted January 29, 2014 Share #7 Posted January 29, 2014 Just to be a smart A##. Hey can you remove that green bar thing to get a better pic of the printing on the side:) Stay safe Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccyooper Posted January 29, 2014 Share #8 Posted January 29, 2014 Does it say repacked on the canister? Just wondering because I don't remember the shiny type sealing tape. thanks for sharing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkdriver Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share #9 Posted January 29, 2014 You get any funny looks while you were out taking pictures of your grenade? No, not anymore so than the other weird crap we do. It has been an ammunition fest here the last few days, everyone is loading mags, bandoleers and getting ready for going outside the wire. Does it say repacked on the canister? Just wondering because I don't remember the shiny type sealing tape. thanks for sharing.. No, not on the canister, I never saw the crate, but I can tell you that the tape has never been removed, you could tell it was factory sealed when I gingerly tried removing it. The grenade shows a 2007 manufacture date on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkdriver Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share #10 Posted January 29, 2014 Just to be a smart A##. Hey can you remove that green bar thing to get a better pic of the printing on the side:) Stay safe Bob Sure, if you come over, I'll remove the bar if you will take the pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKIPH Posted January 29, 2014 Share #11 Posted January 29, 2014 Looks like a normal M67 to me.SKIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkdriver Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share #12 Posted January 29, 2014 Looks like a normal M67 to me.SKIP Agree, but have never seen the writing up that close to the neck before, usually down around the middle. I would like to know when the printing went up high like that, obviously sometime before 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKIPH Posted January 29, 2014 Share #13 Posted January 29, 2014 Hawkdriver- Just a wild guess! Maybe it would be more easily identified seated on an ammo pouch, or wherever they're hung these days. So as not to be confused w/ another type of grenade. Or a different contractor, or updated specs. Just a guess, been out of the net 22+ years. SKIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmymac Posted January 29, 2014 Share #14 Posted January 29, 2014 Thanks for the peek hawkdriver!! GIVE 'EM HELL then COME HOME SAFE!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkdriver Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share #15 Posted January 30, 2014 I went on google and did a picture search on M67 grenade. Out of all the pictures there, I didn't find one marked like this one. Interesting, may be a different manufacture, guess it will remain a mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKIPH Posted January 30, 2014 Share #16 Posted January 30, 2014 Markings could have been moved to the top to eliminate the wearing off of the marks around the circumference. SKIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccyooper Posted January 30, 2014 Share #17 Posted January 30, 2014 Ok.. no one has seen one like it before ..must be a repop.. Send it to Bob so he can take some close ups with the clips and Bar removed. Stay safe, CPC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inertord Posted January 30, 2014 Share #18 Posted January 30, 2014 The Nomenclature location was moved to the top to of the grenade body, to prevent the obstruction / obliteration of the nomenclature markings sometimes caused by soldiers taping the fuze handles to the bodies. The current markings also allow easier identification during inventory, without having to completally remove the grenade from the container. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMoose Posted January 31, 2014 Share #19 Posted January 31, 2014 M67, when words are not getting the point across! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkdriver Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share #20 Posted January 31, 2014 The Nomenclature location was moved to the top to of the grenade body, to prevent the obstruction / obliteration of the nomenclature markings sometimes caused by soldiers taping the fuze handles to the bodies. The current markings also allow easier identification during inventory, without having to completally remove the grenade from the container. Do you have any idea when this occurred? I ask as I have been marking dummy grenades for display and would like to make them period correct. This grenade is 2007 marked, so it had to be before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanker88 Posted October 15, 2014 Share #21 Posted October 15, 2014 I saw a an LT paint one like a rainbow and the bottom said rainbow explosion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconut Harry Posted February 2, 2015 Share #22 Posted February 2, 2015 M67, when words are not getting the point across! LOL!!! Great!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted February 15, 2015 Share #23 Posted February 15, 2015 Come home safe Hawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkdriver Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share #24 Posted February 15, 2015 Thanks, I came home last fall, unfortunately light one M-67 grenade though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garandman114 Posted February 15, 2015 Share #25 Posted February 15, 2015 Awesome grenade, Hawk, thanks for posting these pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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