Color or Marking |
Meaning |
Notes |
Olive green body |
Normally used for operational purposes (camoflage). Can be found on HE, Antitank, Smoke or any other types. |
Normally with yellow markings for HE |
Grey body |
In early grenades (WWI) indicated a filled grenade, thereafter indicates a chemical grenade, smoke, gas, phosphorous, incendiary |
Old markings |
Light Red body |
Incendiary grenade |
New marking |
Black body |
Offensive grenade, early training grenades, may indicate armour defeating ammunition |
Offensive grenades have yellow label or yellow markings |
Yellow |
HE filled grenade, Fragmentation, Offensive, antitank Also used for markings and bands indicating an HE filling |
Old marking |
Blue body |
Practice grenade |
May have white markings |
White or unpainted |
Illumination grenade |
May have black markings |
Bronze, gold, or brass |
Indicates completely inert ammunition |
May have black markings |
Brown |
Indicates a low explosive filler |
Normally a brown band around the item |
Violet |
Indicates an incapacitating agent filler, |
Markings and bands |
Dark Green |
Indicates a toxic chemical agent filler |
Normally markings and band |
Dark Red |
Identifies Riot control munition |
Normally used for markings and bands |
Light green body |
Colored smoke grenade, white phosphorous grenade, HC smoke grenade |
|
Black tip on safety lever |
Indicates a safety lever that has been recovered from a grenade range and reused. |
Lot numbers will be found both on the fuse mechanism, normally painted and stamped into the top of the safety lever, and on the body, normally painted on the side.
Lot Numbers Defined
Old
Lot # ABC-8-124
ABC |
8 |
124 |
Manufacturers ID Symbol |
Interfix Number |
Serial Number |
New
Lot # AMC 75 D 018 124 B
AMC |
75 |
D |
018 |
124 |
B |
Manufacturers ID Symbol |
Year of Manufacture |
Single digit for Month of Manufacture |
Lot interfix number |
Lot Sequence number |
Ammunition Lot suffix |
Marking |
Grenade |
Manufacturer |
Notes |
A (body) |
Mk IIA1 |
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AF |
Mk IIA1 |
American Fireworks Co. | New Jersey |
AKT | Action Manufacturing | ||
AMR |
M227 fuze |
Amram Mfg. Corp |
Vineland NJ |
AR |
Mk. II | ||
BII |
M204 fuzes |
Bradar Industries Inc. |
New Hyde Park, NY |
BWD |
M201A1 fuze |
Brunswick Corp Defense Products, |
Lincoln NE |
BWG |
M213 fuzes |
Brunswick Corp Tech Products |
Sugar Grove, VA |
C |
Mk. II body |
Crane |
Burns City |
CME |
Chemical Grenades |
Camden Mfg Co. |
Camden AR |
COL | Colt Firearms, Pyrodynamics Operation | Atglen, PA | |
EA |
Tear gas and Chemical grenades |
Edgewood Arsenal, |
Edgewood MD |
EK | Eastman Kodak | ||
FDL |
M201A1 fuzes |
Federal Labs |
Saltzberg, PA |
FL |
M10A2 fuze |
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GOI |
M213 Fuzes |
Gerhart-Owens Industries |
Fort Worth, Texas |
HA or HAW |
M18 |
Hawthorne Naval Ammo Depot |
Hawthorne, NV |
HRV |
M204 Series fuzes |
Harvelle-Kilgore Corp |
Bolivar, TN |
IOP |
M204 and M205 series fuze mechanisms |
Iowa Ordnance Plant |
Burlington Iowa |
JA |
M26, M67 |
Joliet Army Ammo Plant |
Joliet IL |
K (in circle) |
M10A2 fuze |
Eastman-Kodak |
|
L (in a diamond) |
Mk. II body |
Littlestown Foundry and Hardware |
Littlestown, Pennsylvania |
LNX |
M213 Fuzes |
Lynx Incorporated |
Elkton MD |
LOP |
M26 series |
Louisiana Ordnance Plant, |
Shreveport LA |
LOW |
M26 series, Flares |
Longhorn Ordnance Works, |
Marshall TX |
LS |
M26, M30, M33, M61, M67 |
Lone Star Ordnance Plant, |
Texarkana TX |
MA |
M26, M67 |
Milan Army Ammo Plant |
Milan, TN |
MAI |
Fuzes |
Maryland Assemblies Inc., |
Perry FL |
MDC |
M1A1 adapters |
Dynamic Corporation of America, Massa Division, |
Hingham, MA |
MEI |
Fuzes |
Martin Electric Inc. |
Perry FL |
MSO |
Chemical Grenades |
Maxson Elec Corp. |
Macon, GA |
N (body) |
Mk. II (WWI vintage) |
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NC |
T2E1 and M2A1 adapters |
New Cumberland Army Depot, |
New Cumberland PA |
NCI |
M25 series |
Northrop Carolina Inc. |
Ashevill, NC |
NFO |
M204 series fuzes |
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NY |
M6 series grenades |
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NYI |
M201A1 fuzes |
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OA |
M26 series |
Ordnance Associates Inc. South |
Pasedena, CA |
OPI |
M205A2 fuze |
Ordnance Products Inc., |
Northeast MD |
PA |
Mk. III, M26 series, M217 fuzes |
Picatinny Arsenal |
Dover NJ |
PAL |
M206A2, M213 fuzes |
Penguin Associates Inc, |
Parkesburg, PA |
PB or PBA |
Chemical grenades |
Pine Bluff Arsenal, |
Little Rock AR |
PMC |
Practical Mfg Company | Hopkins, MN | |
RFX |
M21, M30 |
Richmond Foundry & Mfg. Co. Inc. |
Richmond VA |
RMA |
M34 |
Rocky Mountain Arsenal, |
Denver CO |
RPB |
AN-M14 |
||
SF |
M25 series |
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S on its side inside an oval |
Mk. IIA1 body |
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Shamrock with small C inside |
M200A1 fuze |
Continental Can Company |
|
SWP |
AN-M8, M18, M7 series |
Smith and Wesson Pyrotechnics |
Jefferson OH |
TAC |
AN-M8, M18 |
Talley Industries Inc. |
Mesa AZ |
TE |
M10A3 fuze |
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UAMCO |
M200A1 fuze |
Universal Automatic Machine Co. |
Marshall TX |
UCH |
Mk. 1 illum |
United Chemical Corp. |
Lancaster PA |
UNV or UMO |
AN-M8, M18 |
Universal Match Corp. |
Phoenix AZ |
UOD |
M1A2 adapters |
Umatilla Ordnance Depot |
Hermiston, OR |
WE (body) |
Mk. II (WWII vintage) |
Weber Engine |
|
WAD |
M1A2 adapters |