Description
This grenade is a flat bottomed spherical container made of clear glass. It has a short neck closed by a red rubber stopper held under a red rubber washer within an inner iron crown cap, this being enclosed by a heavier iron outer crown cap. The filling is a mixture of titanium and silicon tetrachloride which will be hydrolyzed by the moisture of the air, with the formation of hydroxides and hydrochloric acid.
Functioning
The grenade is thrown and on impact the glass bottle breaks releasing the fluid and producing smoke. It is intended for use in screening operations. Though the filler is irritating to the skin as a liquid, in ordinary field concentrations the smoke is hardly irritating enough to cause coughing.
Hazardous Components
Filler - Titanium and silicon tetrachloride, 4.1 oz (115 grams)
Physical Data
Diameter - 2.6 in (66 mm)
Length - 3.3 in (84 mm)
Weight - 9.7 oz (272 grams)
See Also
Nothing else to see.
Source(s)
OP 1667, Japanese Explosive Ordnance, Volume 1 (1946)
