Original French WWI IIIrd Army Stick Fragmentation Grenade - Pétard de la IIIe Armée U.S. Uniforms and after losing it after

and after losing it after WWI

and only a long pull will produce full automatic fire

The units were stationed throughout every corps tactical zone in the Republic of Vietnam

The bayonet is quite standard except for the grip

as part of the Allied invasion of Normandy

Original French WWI IIIrd Army Stick Fragmentation Grenade - Pétard de la IIIe Armée U.S. Uniforms and after losing it afterOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice French WWI IIIrd Army Stick Grenade (grenade de la troisime arme), which was basically an improvised design developed by factories during the first months of the war. These famous ptards or 'hairbrush grenades' were composed of a wooden paddle, cheddite explosive charge, and an explosive housing, often filled with nails or gravel. The design was made necessary by the low capacity of the French