No.82 "Gammon Bomb" Hand Grenade

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The No.82 Grenade consisted of an elasticised stockinette cloth bag and an “all ways” fuze that was also used with the No. 69 grenade and No. 73 grenade.

The grenade was an improvised hand-thrown bomb used by the SAS and airborne troops, and was especially suitable for the destruction of parked aircraft or vehicles. An explosive charge was put into the bag. The always fuse would detonate it on sharp impact.

For anti-personnel use, a small amount of plastic explosives, along with shrapnel-like projectiles would be placed in the bag. Against armoured fighting vehicles, the bag could be completely filled with explosives, making an unusually powerful grenade which could only be thrown safely from behind cover. Grenade No. 82 was used until the end of the Second World War and especially during the Battle of Normandy.