The following brief note on a captured German chemical grenade originally appeared in Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 20, March 11, 1943. [DISCLAIMER: The following text is taken from the U.S. War Department publication Tactical and Technical Trends. As with all wartime intelligence information, data may be incomplete or inaccurate. No attempt has been made to update or correct the text. Any views or opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the website.]

GERMAN TEAR-GAS GRENADE An egg-shaped German grenade captured in the Middle East had a yellow band on the body and four pear-shaped projections on the lower half of the body. It contained a bursting charge and a small metal capsule of CN (chloracetophenone, a tear gas), and was fitted with a standard pull igniter.

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