I was lucky enough to find these today. I don't have any in my collection so I couldn't resist. They both look okay to me but I am by far no expert. When did the Japanese start using ceramic grenades. I have seen collection's where the vet's had picked them up at Iwo Jima or Okinawa. I suspect the fragmentation grenade might have left over explosive in it judging by the crystals all over the inside. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Originally posted by Ryukyutunnelrat View PostYes Type 91 Transitional. See the welds around the bottom rim to prevent use in the Type 89 Knee Mortar. I know for a fact that the ceramic grenades were used on Okinawa as I have dug up many inside Japanese cave positions.
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Originally posted by Jareth View PostThe ceramic grenades are extremely common. Finding one intact with fuse is extremely rare! Lots of minor glaze color variations. There was a photo posted somewhere of a beach with hundreds of these grenades along the surf shoreline
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the glass ones contained smoke and cyanide . The smoke ones were the size of the ceramic ones and the ones that contained cyanide was much larger but with the same design. We have found both intact ones digging in caves on Okinawa and are on display in the Battle of Okinawa Museum on Camp Kinser, Okinawa.
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