Original Rare French WWI & WWII Viven-Bessière Rifle Fragmentation Grenade - Inert French Ordnance semi-automatic

semi-automatic

For the collector seeking a fine original early Civil War artifact

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Original Rare French WWI & WWII Viven-Bessière Rifle Fragmentation Grenade - Inert French Ordnance semi-automaticOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Viven Bessires rifle grenade was an infantry weapon in use with the French Army from 1916 onwards. Also known as the "VB" grenade, it was named after its inventors, and officially referred to as the "Viven Bessires shell" in the French Army instruction manual. The grenade launcher system consists of two elements, the discharger (Launcher) and the projectile (grenade). Appearing in 1916, the VB grenade was the