Grenade Hand Smoke C3

[Ed Storey]

Robin, like everything associated with militaria, "the devil is in the details." The tins you have are for individual smoke grenades, but for shipment these tins were packed in either a metal or wooden containers and depending on the type of container each would hold a number of grenades of the same colour. Where the details come in is the tins you have may or may not have been used at the same time as the Ferret. The markings on the tins are key to the era in which they were used and you would need to consult with someone who has studied these grenades in more depth then I have to find out more about the markings.

If it helps any, I see that the Ferret had provision for both No. 36 (x6) Fragmentation and No. 80 (x12) White Phosphorus Smoke Grenades. I think this may possibly rule out your nice collection of blue/violet, red, yellow and green marked tins as being applicable to Ferret stowage.