From the bottom of the drawer


Remember these little gems? M-118s were referred to by many names depending on if they had flechettes or Willy Peter in them. The H/Es were my favorite because it made you feel like Superman to be able to throw a grenade 100 plus yards. It sure caught the recipients off guard when they were hiding behind something.

The empties made really nice ashtrays if you were anally compulsive about cleanliness in the hootch (I wasn’t).

This one had a date of March 1965 on it but I popped it in August of 70. They must have had a really long shelf life or else we had tons more of them than we could possibly shoot.

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