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No. 15 Hand Grenade "Ball"
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The No. 15 Hand Grenade "Ball" was used by the British Forces in WW1. The grenade used a time fuze with a 5 seconds delay. To ignite the fuze you had to strike the matchhead compound. The body of the grenade is made of cast iron, it was internally fragmented. The grenade was a short lived stop gap solution which had a lot of problems to ignite the fuze in wet conditions. Nonetheless a lot of them were produced.
No. 15
Specifications
(1915)
- Type: Hand Grenade Fragmentation
- Country of Origin: United Kingdom
- Diameter: 76 mm (3 in)
- Weight: 779 g (1.72 lbs)
- Filler: Ammonal
- Detonation Mechanism: Timed (5 sec delay)
"No. 15" Hand Grenade has appeared in the following films, television series, and video games used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Mabuse The Gambler | 1922 | |||
| Tell England | Carl Harbord | Edgar Doe | 1931 | |
| Tony Bruce | Rupert Ray | |||
| Chunuk Bair | Robert Powell | Sgt. Maj. Frank Smith | 1992 | |
| Anzac and Turkish troops |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note/Episode | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anzacs | Andrew Clarke | Martin Barrington | 1985 | |
| Deadline Gallipoli | Turkish soldiers | Episode 3 | 2015 | |
| Gallipoli | Anzac and Turkish soldiers | 2015 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield: 1918 | 2004 |