It includes the land equipment in use by the Canadian Army and Primary Reserve, the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, the Canadian Joint Operations Command, the Royal Canadian Navy, …

The British and Canadians used egg-shaped hand grenades, which could be thrown about 30 metres (10 metres fewer than the German sticks), but carried a larger explosive charge.

Canadian soldiers were issued with many different models of British grenades as arms and ammunition began to be standardized in 1915 for the Canadian Division and the other divisions that followed it to …

The grenade, named for its similarity to a pomegranate, was a small bomb composed simply of a hollow iron ball filled with explosive and detonated with a simple fuse. It gave rise to a type of infantryman …

Canadians also used specialized grenades, such as the No. 69 and No. 77. The No. 69 was a Bakelite-bodied grenade designed to reduce dangerous fragmentation and relied on a separate metal …

Feb 27, 2023 · Like its sister grenade M67, the C13 is nicknamed the “baseball” grenade, because it is shaped like a ball and is essentially thrown by hand, like a baseball player.

Description/History The C13 is the standard issue grenade of the Canadian Army. It is a small spherical grenade that is time fused and can only be thrown by hand. It is used primarily by the infantry to clear …

The Canadian Grenadier Guards (CGG) is a reserve infantry regiment in the 34 Canadian Brigade Group, 2nd Canadian Division, of the Canadian Army. The regiment is the oldest and second-most …

Three men of the Canadian Infantry Brigade preparing to send a hand grenade into a sniper’s hideout in the Maltese Mountains, Campochiaro, Italy, 23 October 1943.

Feb 19, 2014 · In the previous blog entry, I examined the five advantages of grenades. In this entry we look at their disadvantages and their deleterious effects.