There isn't much information on the web about early grenades, but I managed to find some great examples of US grenades from the FIW and Revolutionary War period at big-ordanance.com.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Grenades
I've started the grenade project. I'm aiming to build inert replicas of grenades used in the GAoP (late 17th, earth 18th centuries). They will most likely be constructed of a wood ball with a drilled out core, some gravely bits to represent the powder and a bit of cotton clothes line for the fuse. I might add some fishing sinkers to add some weight. All scraped, hammered and painted to resemble cast iron. The diameter will be 2 1/2". Examples from the GAoP period range in size from 2" to 3".
There isn't much information on the web about early grenades, but I managed to find some great examples of US grenades from the FIW and Revolutionary War period at big-ordanance.com.
There isn't much information on the web about early grenades, but I managed to find some great examples of US grenades from the FIW and Revolutionary War period at big-ordanance.com.
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I say we use gords! It worked for Gilligan
ReplyDeleteWell... Yeah. We could do that. See bottom of page.
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