M8 HC Smoke, White, Grenade – Dummy – Reproduction

M8 HC Smoke Grenade.  This grenade is used for screening operations.  It produced a dense white smoke.  It is listed in FM 23-30, Grenades, dated June 15, 1942 up to FM 23-30 dated December 1969.  The markings on our reproduction however are from the 1942- 1949 version.  There is no doubt that these earlier designs were still used in Korea and early Vietnam, as the US kept using stocks that were left-over from WWII.  The 1969 manual shows these painted a different color and marked differently.  These are completely inert, display only.  Cannot be made for real smoke.  The bodies, fuse heads, spoons, and pins are metal military de-milled surplus.