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The Breda Mod. 35 is a
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issued to the
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Description

Entered into service in 1935, the Breda Mod. 35, together with the SRCM Mod. 35 and the OTO Mod. 35 represented the new generation of
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s with which the
Royal Italian Army The Royal Italian Army () (RE) 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 Manfredo Fanti signed a decree c ...
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
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-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 autarchic 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
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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
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instead of aluminum. This version was developed Breda Mod. 42 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 * SRCM Mod. 35


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