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NEW WEAPONS CAPTURED AT ORMOC
Ordnance Intelligence men who advanced with combat troop into the Ormoc area of Leyte Island have recovered four new-type Japanese weapons, ranging from a hand grenade to an artillery piece. Some of these weapons had been known but not seen, and their capture in the Philippines indicates that the newest and best items from Japan's industrial arsenal will be met with increasing frequency as U.S. forces move closer to Tokyo.
CERAMIC HAND GRENADE
Of primary interest to the infantryman is the discovery of a ceramic hand grenade, the size and shape of a baseball. A short bottle neck protrudes from the sphere, and the external appearance of the grenade resembles an old-fashioned idea of a bomb. A loop of white tape is tied into a groove around the neck, apparently for carrying. The grenade body is made either of white porcelain or glazed pottery, and is covered with a close-fitting, tan rubber cover.
A rubber plug is cemented in the bottle neck and holds the simple fuze. This detonator is no more than a blasting cap crimped on to a five-second length of fuze. The other end of the fuze, which is outside the rubber plug, is covered with a match-head composition. A slip-on rubber cap covers the whole neck, and fuze. A small, loose wooden block with an abrasive composition on one side is contained in the rubber fuze cover.
Weighing less than a pound, this grenade is easy to throw, but the thrower must be careful not to strike a nearby hard object, such as a tree, as the porcelain shatters easily. The grenade is ignited by removing the rubber fuze cover and scratching the striker block across the match-head composition. It also seems possible to light the fuze with a cigarette. The grenade should be thrown as soon as the fuze is lighted.
This grenade is entirely a concussion weapon, as there is considerable blast but little fragmentation resulting from the explosion.
Two views of the Ceramic Hand Grenade showing (left) the grenade with carrying tape and exposed match-head fuze, and (right) the grenade with rubber cover and rubber fuze cap
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