Does anyone have a copy of the book 'BRITISH GRENADES: British & Commonwealth Hand & Rifle Grenades’ if so can you tell me in what detail it covers grenade launching devices, more specifically grenade cups. I am sure it is a quality book as I have only heard good things about it, but my interest is specifically in the launchers and before buying it I would like to know how well they are covered. Thanks for any information.
Skennerton Arms and Militarias Press
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‘BRITISH GRENADES: British & Common-wealth Hand & Rifle Grenades’
Landers Hard cover, 11 x 8¼ in., 300 pp, 700 illust. plus colour plates. Descriptions & technical detail of hand & rifle grenades, 1900 - 1970 along with grenade launching cartridges, fuses & striker mechanisms, carrying equipment, catapults, projectors and dischargers. Markings & filling indicators make this an invaluable reference for military EOD and police bomb disposal personnel. A list of VC recipients involving grenades is appended. US$85.00, A$95.00 LAST COPIES
My copy is missing but it is somewhere in the house. It is a good book but the details on cup launchers is sparse. If I remember correctly, a few pages of pictures and a description. There is no list of makers. The biggest thing I remember is that it is the first book I saw that had a picture of the web launcher carrier.
Thanks, exactly what I needed to know.Quote:
Originally Posted by breakeyp