{"product_id":"danish-wwii-inert-m23-practice-hand-grenade","title":"Danish WWII INERT M23 Practice Hand Grenade","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eDanish WWII INERT M23 Practice Hand Grenade-The\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; background: white;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eGermans occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940. Not all Danes accepted the government’s recommendation of accepting the presence of the occupying force without sword blows, and on the very next day, April 10, 1940, the first illegal sabotage strike was dealt with the blast from a Danish hand grenade M23. This is the practice grenade. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe construction of the practice version of the M23 differed slightly from the live version in that it was made from thicker steel as it had to withstand multiple impacts with the ground from throwing practice. A special cartridge containing a small black powder charge to simulate detonation had to be inserted and it could be reloaded and thrown multiple times. The drawback was that it had to be returned to the manufacturer for reassembly of the fuse section. All the practice M23s were painted yellow or gray. This version is gray with a black band painted on the top cone. This has a 23 painted on the side of the grenade. The finish is mostly intact. There are some cool videos on YouTube that show how this grenade would function. Very interesting piece of history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Ruptured Duck, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67981126697266,"sku":"F-246","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1141\/9332\/files\/Danish_M23_Grenade_3480.jpg?v=1792177974","url":"https:\/\/www.therupturedduck.com\/products\/danish-wwii-inert-m23-practice-hand-grenade","provider":"The Ruptured Duck, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}