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Type 73 anti-tank hand grenade Mk 1 was used in '''Operation Anthropoid''' - the code name for the assassination attempt on SS- Obergruppenführer and General der Polizei Reinhard Heydrich , the Nazi Germany Deputy Reichsprotektor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. | Type 73 anti-tank hand grenade Mk 1 was used in '''Operation Anthropoid''' - the code name for the assassination attempt on SS- Obergruppenführer and General der Polizei Reinhard Heydrich , the Nazi Germany Deputy Reichsprotektor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. | ||
Original of this bomb is here - [http://www.vhu.cz/cs/stranka/sbirkovefondy%20vhu/specialni-bomba-jana-kubise-z-mista-atentatu-na-reinharda-heydricha-] | Original of this bomb is here - [http://www.vhu.cz/cs/stranka/sbirkovefondy%20vhu/specialni-bomba-jana-kubise-z-mista-atentatu-na-reinharda-heydricha-] | ||
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| + | The correct name for the grenade is '''No 73 Mark 1''', not simply Mk 1. Its official name in British service was "Grenade, Hand, Anti-tank No. 73", and Mk 1 is only one of the modifications - there could be No 73 Mk 2, for example (don't know if it was but it could be). [[User:GMS|GMS]] 10:39, 5 April 2012 (CDT) | ||
Revision as of 15:39, 5 April 2012
Type 73 anti-tank hand grenade Mk 1 was used in Operation Anthropoid - the code name for the assassination attempt on SS- Obergruppenführer and General der Polizei Reinhard Heydrich , the Nazi Germany Deputy Reichsprotektor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Original of this bomb is here - [1]
Incorrect name!
The correct name for the grenade is No 73 Mark 1, not simply Mk 1. Its official name in British service was "Grenade, Hand, Anti-tank No. 73", and Mk 1 is only one of the modifications - there could be No 73 Mk 2, for example (don't know if it was but it could be). GMS 10:39, 5 April 2012 (CDT)