13–037-935

NAME – OF 1935 with Mle 1935 Fuze

NAME (NATIVE) – Grenade à main offensive ‘O.F 35’

TYPE – Blast-type offensive hand grenade

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – France

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1935

LENGTH – 10 cm (3.94 in)

WIDTH (DIAMETER) – 6.3 cm (2.48 in)

WEIGHT – 0.27 kg (9.5 oz)

EFFECT – Blast and slight fragmentation in burst area

BURST RADIUS – 8 to 10m (9 to 11 yards)

FUSE TYPE – Mle 1935 Pull ring/safety lever

FUSE INITIATION – Release of safety lever

FUSE DELAY – 4 to 7 seconds

FILLER – TNT

FILLER WEIGHT – 0.12 kg (4.2 oz)

FILLER EQUIVALENT TO TNT (R.E.) – 1.0

AVERAGE RANGE – 35 to 45 m (38 to 49 yards)

COLOR CODE – Blue or Grey grenade body

STATUS – Obsolete

SERVICE – French military and occupied countries

     This is a very thin-bodied – 0.3 mm (0.011 in) steel casing blast grenade originally developed in 1915 and used to a great extent in World War II. The fuze of the grenade was updated in 1935 as well as the original explosive filler (Cheddite) being changed to the more powerful TNT.