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GRENDE, HAND: SMOKE, TA, PRACTICE, M83 |
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Filler and Weight | ||
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| Terephthalic Acid (TA), 0 | |||
| Body and Overall Weight | |||
| Sheet metal, 16 oz | |||
| Color | |||
| Forest green with light green markings a blue band, and a white top | |||
| Type of Round, DODIC | |||
| Grenade (with fuze), 1330-G982 |
| Description: |
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| The grenade body is a cylinder of thin sheet metal. It is filled with 'TA smoke mixture topped with a starter slug directly under the fuze opening. The duration of smoke screen or signal is 25 to 70 seconds, average burn-time. Hand grenade fuze M201A1 is a pyrotechnic delayigniting fuze. The body contains a primer, first-fire misture, pyrotechnic delay column, and starter slug. Assembled to the body are a striker, striker spring, safety lever and safety pin with pull ring. The split end of the safety pin has an angular spread. Safety clips are not required with these grenades. |
| Use: |
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| The TA Practice Smoke Hand Grenade, M83 is a burning type grenade used to generate white smoke for screening activities of small units. It is also used for ground-to-air signaling. |
| Functioning: |
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| Removal of the safety pin permits release of the safety lever. When the safety lever is released, it is forced away from the grenade body by a striker acting under the force of a striker spring. The striker rotates on its own axis and strikes the percussion primer. The primer initiates the first fire mixture, The fuze delay element, ignition mixture, and grenade starter mixture and filler are initiated in turn by the preceding component. The pressure sensitive tape is blown off the emission holes and smoke is emitted for 25 to 70 seconds. |
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| Data Source: |
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| TM 43-0001-29 Grenades |
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