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The Breda Mod. 35 is a
hand grenade A grenade is an explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a Shell (projectile), shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher. A modern ...
issued to the
Royal Italian Army The Royal Italian Army ( it, Regio Esercito, , Royal Army) was the land force of the Kingdom of Italy, established with the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. During the 19th century Italy started to unify into one country, and in 1861 Manf ...
during
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Description

Entered into service in 1935, the Breda Mod. 35, together with the
SRCM Mod. 35 The SRCM Mod. 35 is a hand grenade that was first issued to the Royal Italian Army in 1935, serving through World War II and into the 1980s. Nicknamed "Red Devils" by the British in 1941–1942 during the North African Campaign after the red colo ...
and the
OTO Mod. 35 The OTO Mod. 35 was a hand grenade issued to the Regio Esercito during World War II. Description Entered into service in 1935, the OTO Mod. 35, together with the SRCM Mod. 35 and the Breda Mod. 35 represented the new generation of hand grenade ...
represented the new generation of
hand grenade A grenade is an explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a Shell (projectile), shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher. A modern ...
s with which the
Royal Italian Army The Royal Italian Army ( it, Regio Esercito, , Royal Army) was the land force of the Kingdom of Italy, established with the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. During the 19th century Italy started to unify into one country, and in 1861 Manf ...
faced the Second World War. It is an offensive type hand grenade, made up of an aluminium cylindrical body with the two trunk-conical shaped ends of, painted red and loaded with of
TNT Trinitrotoluene (), more commonly known as TNT, more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, is a chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3. TNT is occasionally used as a reage ...
-dinitronaphthalene that at the time of the explosion projects splinters in a radius of . The device consists of the charge carrier, the detonator, the capsule and the needle carrier. It has two safeties, an ordinary one consisting of a rubber flap attached to a plate with two branches, and an automatic one consisting of headphones, cross bar and brass tape delay. At the moment of use the ordinary security is flipped and the grenade thrown, the headset is reversed causing the disrolling of delay tape, finally dragging the crossbar to safety. At this time the bomb is ready to explode, as soon as the collision with the ground overcomes the resistance of the antagonist spring, it causes the advancement of the pin that strikes the capsule, triggering the explosion.


Versions

* "War": body red. * "inert": burnished. * "charge reduced for training": white with red stripe. * Breda Mod. 40: differed from Mod. 35 for the bursting charge which is constituted by
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explosive based on ammonium nitrate, being very hygroscopic, is contained in a watertight charge carrier * Breda Mod. 40: (not to be confused with the previous one) is constituted by a normal Mod. 35 mounted on top of a wood or bakelite handle, in style of German bombs. The total length of the bomb then goes to . The headphone safe is replaced by a bucket that upon release of the handle, is released from a spring and is released in the air. The bomb body finally is made of steel instead of aluminum. This version was developed
Breda Mod. 42 The Breda Mod. 42 was an anti-tank grenade, developed by Breda, supplied to the Royal Italian Army during World War II. History The Royal Italian Army had entered World War II war without an anti-tank grenade of domestic production. Only in 194 ...
anti-tank. BredaMod35Tavola.PNG, Table from the Royal Italian Army's field manual Breda40infoeng2.PNG, breda Mod.40 info table Breda40infoeng.PNG, another breda Mod.40 info table


See also

*
OTO Mod. 35 The OTO Mod. 35 was a hand grenade issued to the Regio Esercito during World War II. Description Entered into service in 1935, the OTO Mod. 35, together with the SRCM Mod. 35 and the Breda Mod. 35 represented the new generation of hand grenade ...
*
SRCM Mod. 35 The SRCM Mod. 35 is a hand grenade that was first issued to the Royal Italian Army in 1935, serving through World War II and into the 1980s. Nicknamed "Red Devils" by the British in 1941–1942 during the North African Campaign after the red colo ...


Bibliography

* ''Armi della fanteria italiana nella seconda guerra mondiale'' by Nicola Pignato, Albertelli, 1971 * ''Le armi e le artiglierie in servizio'' by F. Grandi, 1938.


External links


Regioesercito.it

Army1914-1945.org.pl (Polish)
* http://www.talpo.it/breda.html
Breda Mod. 35 (Italian)
{{WWIIItalianInfWeapons World War II infantry weapons of Italy Grenades of Italy Fragmentation grenades