Offensive Grenade
c. 1943
Artist
John A. Falasco
Printer
Reproduction Shop, Camp Wheeler, GA
DIMENSIONS
60 x 35 1/2 in. (152.4 x 90.2 cm)
OBJECT NUMBER
PH.5776
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Georgia, Grenade, Military, Technology, United States, Weapons
CREDIT LINE
Poster House Permanent Collection
KEYWORDS
Georgia, Grenade, Military, Technology, United States, Weapons
The U.S. military used the cylindrical MK III compression grenade (and its updated versions, like the MK III AI seen here) during World War II during close combat to maximize enemy casualties and minimize danger to friendly personnel; this was possible because of its limited fragmentation upon explosion.
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