Original Item: Only One Available. Now this is a scarce grenade of the Vietnam War era! We had quite a difficult time trying to identify this one and we found out there is no real designation for this. This grenade is often referred to as just “Vietnamese Mini High Explosive Fragmentation Grenade”. Truly an obscure example!

The grenade is totally inert and unable to be rendered live again to be used as a destructive device. It is in complete compliance with the current BATF standards governing ordnance.

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The VC/PAVN used a wide variety of grenades from explosives inserted into discarded American C-ration cans to modern Chicom types. Booby traps were the province of guerrilla level forces more so than the VC/PAVN regulars. The infamous punji sticks soaked in excrement and urine received much press, but they were of negligible effect compared to the massive quantity of anti-personnel and anti-vehicle mines deployed by main communist units. These quantities increased vastly as the North stepped up infiltration into the South. Mines and booby traps applied significant psychological pressure on US/ARVN forces and slowed and disrupted both military operations and civilian life.

This grenade has the appearance of having been copied from the Dutch V-40 mini grenade but slightly larger. The fuze is a standard Soviet RGD 5 style but does not thread into the body but is rather pinned in place (pin missing). The fuse assembly appears to be a complete (inert) example and is still able to be removed.

A lovely, rare example ready for further research and display.