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  • 5thDragoons
    Super Moderator
    • Apr 2023
    • 651
    #1

    Saturday coffee Oct 14

    Just finished looking over IMA's Saturday offerings and saw the ne plus ultra of obscure photography items - a WW2 "Beano" grenade made by Eastman Kodak. I doubt even Doc has one! But it's $1900 which means it will be on the shelf for a long time.

    Snowed yesterday. Of course, it didn't stick, but it was coming right down for a bit. Hopefully that means no more mowing for the season. Blowing snow? That's another matter! Got up a little early @ 0415 so away we went for a short hike. Kinda chilly... which might have had something to do with the lack of coffee drinkers lined up at the gro to sit in the deli and trade lies. There were two people waiting for the bakery to open, though. They open @ 0530 and were a bit late. McRonalds opens @ 0500. Nobody in there except 2 kids being cell phone zombies.

    Plans for the day include writing a bit and goofing off a lot. Did house mouse stuff for wifey already so I'm GTG that way. Off now to cruise a couple sites to see what's up in Ukraine and Israel. SW

    (Just for Doc )
    Original Rare U.S. WWII O.S.S. Issue T13 Beano Grenade Manufactured by Eastman Kodak Company - Inert
    https://www.ima-usa.com/products/original-rare-u-s-wwii-o-s-s-issue-t13-beano-grenade-manufactured-by-eastman-kodak-company-inert-1?variant=40667867086917&trk_msg=CN0TLLLPLHJ4D16C470672RJFS&trk_contact=SIA3TNTS53BFS2SJTOSF8MOK10&trk_sid=0AAIM9IKJI00KVO32BHNLET890&trk_link=LT6MOPORLCU4DFHOSRDKR45A0C&utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=View+product+recommended+for+you&utm_campaign=20231014&utm_content=20231014
    Original Item: Only One Available. Totally inert and non-functional, this is an original rare WWII T-13 "Beano" hand grenade, offered in great condition. The T-13 was an experimental hand grenade developed by the Office of Strategic Services (which later became the CIA) in the latter years of WW2. The grenade is marked EKC 25 and FUZE, T5 on the plastic fuze body, indicating the manufacturer, the Eastman Kodak Company. The body no longer has any paint or markings present. Unloaded or dummy grenades, artillery shell casings, and similar devices, which are cut or drilled in an BATF-approved manner so that they cannot be used as ammunition components for destructive devices, are not considered NFA weapons. This example is in total compliance and is NOT AVAILABLE FOR EXPORT. This example is offered in very good condition, and is only the fifth example that we have ever had. The fuse housing still unscrews from the body, allowing internal inspection. The concept for the BEANO hand grenade was that a spherical grenade the size and weight of a common baseball would be effective in the hands of American troops. The designers believed that by emulating a baseball that any American young man should be able to properly throw the grenade with both accuracy and distance. The final design for the T-13 hand grenade utilized a pressure trigger as well as an in-flight arming device. The grenade was designed to be thrown as a traditional baseball, and as such it was held with two fingers on a weighted and knurled "butterfly cap" and the arming pin was removed. Once thrown, the cap detached from the body of the grenade and a length of nylon string unwound until a secondary arming pin attached to the far end of the cord was pulled, arming the grenade to detonate upon impact with a hard surface. While the original design called for a 5.5 oz total weight, it was later decided that this was too light and the weight was increased to 12 oz. The Beano Grenade used a pressure trigger to detonate and explode on contact with hard surfaces. U.S. soldiers fighting during the Second World War were taught to throw the grenade like a traditional baseball. Soldiers would even hold the grenade the same way a pitcher would hold a baseball when throwing a "knuckle ball." Several thousand Beano Grenades were shipped to Europe during the Second World War and U.S. soldiers used them during the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. However, the grenades were quickly recalled and taken out of service after several of them prematurely detonated and killed U.S. troops. At the end of the Second World War, the U.S. military's supply of T-13 Beano Grenades was ordered destroyed and files pertaining to the weapon were classified. Today, the Beano Grenade is a rare and highly prized artifact from the Second World War.


    ETA: Dang! $1900 and somebody bought it!
    Last edited by 5thDragoons; 10-14-2023, 05:55.
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    • Doc Sharptail
      Senior Member
      • Apr 2023
      • 429
      #2
      You're well ahead of me time wise this a.m.~ still one-eyed over the first cup.

      That may have been a prototype made up in a small lot (?)
      I recall reading somewhere that Kodak was not as well set up as some others for weapons manufacture- like Saginaw Steering Gear etc.
      They did however, provide tons of large format roll film (try saying that quickly this early in the a.m. without tripping over your tongue!) and cameras for aerial photo work. Interesting connect to the o.s.s. which would have made the time frame fairly late in the war...
      Pricing is actually pretty far outta my humble "reserve" range :P

      Regards,

      Doc Sharptail

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        • dryheat
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2009
          • 10587
          #3
          Only about 94F in central AZ today. Next week it will be about 100 every day. Maybe cooling down some after the 22nd. It's "unseasonable warm"- something we hear every year here (that kind of rhymes).
          It hit 104 here last week which was a degree under the record set in 1917 at 105. So, I think we are warming up a little. What's causing that? I'm not sure.
          But I get out there and am landscaping the back yard. I don't like sweat so it's, take a break, a shower, change clothes, maybe take a nap and then hit it again after 2:00 p.m.
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          If I should die before I wake...great,a little more sleep.

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            • lyman
              Administrator - OFC
              • Aug 2009
              • 11266
              #4
              spend 1/2 day friday buying a new to me vehicle

              traded my Civic for a RAV4 (2021) much more better for what I do for a living,,


              Sat took the day off and wifey and I hit a couple of wineries and an apple orchard ,

              working a bit today, then will go home and make a nice big apple pie

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