WWII Yellow MKII Hand Grenades

The MKII "Pineapple" grenade was the standard issue US grenade during WWII.

Intended as a fragmentation weapon, the effective range was 30 yards. Initially, they were painted bright yellow to mark them as high explosive. Ordinance personnel sprayed them OD in the field when time and resources were available. Yellow grenades were seen up until the Normandy invasion in June 1944, but were shortly thereafter phased out for factory painted OD grenades.

Field manual protocol for throwing the MKII covers the standing, kneeling, prone to kneeling and prone positions. These are practiced in training, but throwing methods varied in actual combat.
Filmed at Rockford WWII Days 2017

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Print Source:

FM 23-30 (June 15, 1942)

Footage Source:

The Battle of San Pietro - John Huston (1945)

Pictures Sources:

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?%2Ftopic%2F26413-mk-ii-grenades-yellow%2F

http://www.lexpev.nl/grenades/americas/unitedstates/mk2pineapple.html

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