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NAME – Model 1914 Tear Gas Grenade

NAME (NATIVE) – Suffocante Mle 1914

COMMON NAMES – Suffocating Grenade

TYPE – Bursting-type tear gas grenade

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – France

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1914

LENGTH – 13.2 cm (5.2 in)

WIDTH (DIAMETER) – 7.4 cm (2.91 in)

WEIGHT – 0.450 kg (15.9 oz)

EFFECT – Releases liquid tear gas which vaporizes to a large cloud

BURST RADIUS – 4 m (4.4 yards)

FUSE TYPE – Friction ignition system

FUSE INITIATION – Striking exposed fuse cap match head with friction device

FUSE DELAY – 5 seconds

FILLER – Ethyl Bromoacetate aka  Xylyl Bromide)

FILLER WEIGHT – 0.250 kg (8.8 oz)

Black Powder burster

AVERAGE RANGE – 30 m (33 yards)

COLOR CODE – Brass colored metal body

STATUS –Obsolete

SERVICE – French military

August 1914

     A few years before World War I, in 1912, the French government was in the throes of a major criminal epidemic. To help combat this scourge, the French police turned to a new weapon, one that was going to become known as tear gas.

The 1914 model grenade was made of 1mm brass sheet, tinned on the inside in order to resist the corrosive effects of the filler.

Drwg Gren War Schol62

https://www.the-trench.org/from-irritant-to-tear-gas

http://titus2h.e-monsite.com/pages/denominations/grenade-suffocante-mle-1914-1.html

https://rosalielebel75.franceserv.com/guerre-des-tranchees-armement-infanterie-grenades.html

https://webharvest.gov/peth04/20041017045619/

http:/www.cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/Heller/HELLER.asp

https://www.mirasafety.com/blogs/news/the-ultimate-tear-gas-grenade-guide

http://www.orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep=cv3p0381

August 1914

https://thebignote.com/category/weaponry-relics/french-hand-grenades/