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| Fusante No.1 Grenade | |
|---|---|
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Defensive_fragmentation_grenade_16_type_WWI.png) From left to right: F1 with M1916 Billant fuse, F1 body, F1 with percussion fuse. | |
| Type | Percussion, time-fused grenade |
| Place of origin | France |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1915–1940[1] |
| Used by | |
| Wars | |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Thuau Fils |
| Designed | 1915 |
| Produced | 1915–1940 (France) |
| No. built | Approx. 60,000,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 530 g (19 oz), 550 g (19 oz), 570 g (20 oz), 600 g (21 oz)[2][3](Vary from sources) |
| Length | 90 mm (3.5 in) (without fuse) |
| Filling | Cheddite (World War I model), trinitrotoluene (TNT from 1923 onward) |
| Filling weight | 60 g (2.1 oz) |
Detonation mechanism | MLE14 lighter, MLE15 percussion, MLE16 percussion, MLE16 Billant, MLE18 Bourny, MLE35 Bourny |
The F-1 grenade is a hand grenade mass-produced by France during and after WW1, used en masse in the majority of European countries throughout the First and Second World Wars.
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- ^ Murohovskij, V. I. (1992). Infantry Weaponry. Moscow: Arsenal-Press.