MINUTES OF THE ORDNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING

HELD ON FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1923

AT 10:30 A.M.

Hand Grenade. Practice Type

Mr. Adelman read the following report of the Sub-Committee on Grenades:

1, A sub-committee on grenades has considered memorandum from the

Ammunition Division dated March 21, 1923 on the subject of test

of practice hand grenades. These grenades are made from regular grenade bodies. The filling is of sand with a small amount of Soapstone to give greater visibility; the bottom is closed with a cork instead of a metal plug the purpose being to have the plug blown out and the dust scattered without necessarily breaking up the body. The standard fuze assembly (Bouchon assembly) with a No. 6 detonator is used, Three hundred and forty (340) of these grenades have been made up, of which 240 have been sent to the Aberdeen Proving Ground. The sub-committee Recommends that these grenades be given preliminary test at the Aberdeen Proving Ground to determine their suitability for use as practice grenades and that the remainder be sent to Fort Benning for test by the Infantry Board should the test at the Aberdeen Proving Ground prove satisfactory.