Article: No.68 MkIIII A.T. Grenades

[Badger]

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[roconn]

Badger:
Such an interesting item and so little different from the all the other types currently in use!
Roconn

[gmbear]

Excellent article.It is so very important to retain this information and knowledge, which might otherwise be lost forever. Keep up the great work.
gmbear

[Bonnex]

Excellent document. The No 68 Mark VI was manufactured in Canada by the Sunshine Waterloo Company in Ontario but the grenade was declared obsolete before any shipment was made to the UK. There is a nice picture in the Waterloo Library archives of a lady looking lovingly at a No 68 Mk VI (I have done the same myself :-) see [ Full Image View: Sunshine Waterloo Company Limited: Waterloo Public Library Digital Collections ]. I thought the only North American production was done by Sunshine in Canada but would be interested to see anything suggesting USA manufacture.

Norm Bonney

[bombdoc]

I believe that the 68 Grenade was the first use of a shaped charge warhead by the UK..

The grenade (along with the 36 (Mills) and 75 (SIPW) grenades were also used in the Northover Projector by the Home Guard..

Because of the Home Guard connection, these still turn up occasionally in the UK, usually in the inert, white practice version..