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AmmoTech90 said:We don't have a Pains Wessex grenade in service any more. The No. 4s came back for a bit in the mid-late 90s when we ran low on C8s but C8s are the norm now.
I know you're an ammo tech and all, but I have NEVER heard of a C8 smoke granade, and the ones used for training have always been referred to as the Pains Wessex. I guess maybe everyone I know is out to lunch on that one. So who makes the current ones?
AmmoTech90 said:PW may manufacture some of the other pyro including smoke pots but not our smoke grenades. The C1 white smoke grenade is made by Hands. Canada does not have a WP hand grenade in its inventory, the closest we have is the L8 discharger grenade.
Is the No. 80 no longer in use?
AmmoTech90 said:If a WP smoke grenade functioned in someones hand you would see a whole lot more than a burnt hand. WP munitions function by bursting. In the case of metal encased hand smoke grenades this is a high explosive charge. If one functioned in your hand you can kiss your hand good bye, full stop.
Er, didn't you just say a minute ago that "The L5 smoke grenade is a emission smoke grenade that does not burst, similar to an in service smoke grenade"? As far as I know neither the C1 nor the C3 are bursting munitions, and the one I saw go off in buddies hand certainly didn't burst.