Original Italian WWI Benaglia Rifle Grenade with Rod - Inert MG 42 784th Bomb Squadron

784th Bomb Squadron

Berlin-Borsigwalde Eichborndamm

and V proof marks on the barrel breech

Barrel Length: 8  inches

Highlights of the many subsequent historical critical missions performed by members of the 7th Cavalry Regiment and the honors they achieved are summarized in the chapters that follow: On 22 January 1921 the 1st Cavalry Division was constituted in the US Regular Army

Original Italian WWI Benaglia Rifle Grenade with Rod - Inert MG 42 784th Bomb SquadronOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a rare example of the WWI Italian Benaglia rifle grenade, actually a rod grenade. The rod grenade was patented by an Englishman named Frederick Marten Hale, an employee of the Cotton Powder Company at Faversham in Kent, in November 1909. Unfortunately, in practice, the rod grenade turned out to be an impractical weapon of dubious accuracy that caused stress on the rifle barrel, and which soon necessitated