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Encyclopedia > Type 99 Grenade
Type 99 Kiska

A cutaway of a Type 99 grenade.
Type Hand grenade/Rifle grenade
Place of origin Japan
Service history
In service 1939 - 1945
Used by Japan
Wars Second World War
Production history
Designed 1939
Specifications
Weight 280 g
Length 87 mm
Diameter 41 mm

Filling Cast picric acid
Detonation
mechanism
Pyrotechnic delay of four to five seconds.

The Type 99 Kiska grenade was a Japanese hand grenade that entered service in 1939 and saw use in the Second World War. It could be either thrown by hand or fired from a Type 100 rifle grenade launcher. It was a slightly improved version of the earlier Type 97 grenade fixing a number of issues associated with the arming striker. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 694 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1176 × 1016 pixel, file size: 252 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... “Grenade” redirects here. ... A rifle grenade is a form of grenade that utilizes a rifle as a launch mechanism to increase the effective range of the grenade. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Picric acid is the common term for the chemical compound 2,4,6-trinitrophenol, also known as TNP; the material is a yellow crystalline solid. ... “Grenade” redirects here. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


References

  • http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/IJA/HB/HB-9-2.html
  • (1953) Japanese Explosive Ordnance, TM 9-1985-4. Departments of the Army and the Air Force. 

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