We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/the_bright_shiny_object.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:09:49 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification As Boquisucio determined, was a Soviet Diakonoff grenade, one of two in the holdings of the Arsenal. This is a later version, with a time fuze. Here's a bookend of late (on the left, a Brit 40mm training grenade commonly used today) and early (on the right, 1920's, 40mm grenade developed by the Soviets and used in WWII. Like the french Vivien-Bessier grenade of WWI, this was fired from a "tromblon" or cup discharger, and was a "bullet-through" vice "bullet-trap", grenade. Thus far when I've seen them, I've been outbid for them, but if anyone knows of any available Mosin-Nagant... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/the_bright_shiny_object.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/the_bright_shiny_object.html Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:00:52 -0600 Fascinating, John. That Diakonoff must have been one expensive rifle grenade. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/the_bright_shiny_object.html#comment-42108 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/the_bright_shiny_object.html#comment-42108 Tue, 07 Mar 2006 14:29:05 -0600 You're in this week's Kansas Blogger's Roundup. But I'm looking for blogs to host upcoming carnivals. Please let me know if you're interested. Thanks. Lyn from Bloggin' Outloud (now on hiatus from blogging) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/the_bright_shiny_object.html#comment-42020 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/the_bright_shiny_object.html#comment-42020 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:38:37 -0600 You're in this week's Kansas Blogger's Roundup. But I'm looking for blogs to host upcoming carnivals. Please let me know if you're interested. Thanks. Lyn from Bloggin' Outloud (now on hiatus from blogging) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/the_bright_shiny_object.html#comment-42019 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/the_bright_shiny_object.html#comment-42019 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:38:08 -0600