granaten hand DM41 splitter

[chiffonnier]

this wooden box is for the fragmentation handgrenade DM41.
it's out in the open for a few days,and before it disapears again for the next years,I thought I might as well show it.
I was wondering if the GJ90 is a unit marking.

kees

[hoover]

Hi!

GJ90 is a "Munitonsaustauschkode", a special code for every ammunition piece.

for example:

AD60: 9mmx19 catridge
AB22: 7,62mmx51 cartridge
AM31: 7,62mmx51 blank ammo

So GJ90 is the special code for the hand grenade.

Bye
Frank

[uscob]

Have to look for mine. I still have 10 left, in the moment filled with Carbide.
Here you can see the Insert Cases for 10 ea. Grenades, so 3 of the Plastic Cases are in a wooden Box.

http://www.berlin-military.com/navi.php?a=166&lang=eng&

[chiffonnier]

Frank;thanks for that info.
I would never have found that out myself.
I had some small hope for GebirgsJager or something but knowing what it stands for is satisfying even more.
and Nico;nice to see the inserts.
I use mine and all other ammo boxes for storage as well.
no explosives however.
is that carbide for shooting footballs with large milkcans?
all the best.
kees

[Beltaine]

I have just bought one of these boxes. Is there anyway it can be dated at all ?

(Via the writing on it maybe ? ) Thanks.

[hoover]

No, on the wooden box only the date of filling the grenade with TNT is mentioned.

In the top picture you can read "GEF 9-63" that means that the grenade was filled ("Gefüllt") with TNT in September 1963. The grenades body could be produced long before that date.

[hoover]

No, on the wooden box only the date of filling the grenade with TNT is mentioned.

In the top picture you can read "GEF 9-63" that means that the grenade was filled ("Gefüllt") with TNT in September 1963. The grenades body could be produced long before that date.

Edit: The number after the "DM" is the German model code. DM means "Deutsches Modell", so the Hand ´grenade type GJ90 is the German model 41 and the fuze is the german model 72, which is not the year. It is only a count.

So on the wooden box in the picture we can learn:

30 Granaten Hand DM 41
Splitter
MIT HDGR Z DM 72
GEW 27 kg
VOL 0,046 m³
GEF 9-63
LOS DN-200

30 Grenades, handheld, German model 41
Fragmental grenade
with fuze german model 72
weight of the full box 27 kg
volume (space) needesd of the box 0,046 m³ (important for air delivery and depot storing
filled September 1963
charge serial number DN-200 made at Diehl-Nuremberg (DN)

http://images.google.de/imgres?imgur...h=659&biw=1366
That is the GJ90. I threw them still in 1991 to 1993 during my service. After that we only got the plastic DM51.