OTO Mod. 35

OTO Mod. 35

Type	Offensive type grenade
Place of origin	Kingdom of Italy
Service history
In service	1935–1945
Used by	Regio Esercito
Wars	Spanish Civil War World War II
Production history
Manufacturer	OTO Melara
Specifications
Weight	150 g
Height	75 mm
Diameter	50 mm

Filling	TNT
Filling weight	36 g
Detonation mechanism	Percussion on impact

The OTO Mod. 35 was a hand grenade issued to the Regio Esercito during the World War II.

Description

Entered into service in 1935, the OTO Mod. 35, together with the SRCM Mod. 35 and the Breda Mod. 35 represented the new generation of hand grenades with which the Regio Esercito faced the Second World War. It is a offense type hand grenade consisting of an aluminum body bomb painted red, contains 36 g of TNT that at the time of the explosion fragment a ball of lead containing lead pellets.

Bibliography

Le armi e le artiglierie in servizio di F. Grandi, 1938.
Enciclopedia delle armi, Melita Editori, La Spezia 1995.
Dizionario delle armi di Letterio Musciarelli, Milano 1978.
Armi della fanteria italiana nella seconda guerra mondiale di Nicola Pignato, 1978.

External links

Italian firearms and light weapons of World War II

Side arms	Beretta M1923 Beretta M1934 Beretta M1935 Roth–Steyr M1907 Steyr M1912 Glisenti M1910 Bodeo Model 1889

Rifles and carbines (fucili e moschetti)	Fucile da Fanteria Mod. 1891 Moschetto Mod. 91 da Cavalleria Moschetto per Truppe Speciali Mod. 91 Fucile Mod. 1938 Fucile Armaguerra Mod. 39

Submachine guns	Beretta 1918 MAB 38 Onorati OVP FNAB-43 OG-43 TZ-45

Machine guns and other larger weapons	Fiat-Revelli Mod. 1914 Fiat Revelli Mod. 1935 SAFAT M1926 Breda-SAFAT Breda Mod. 1930 Breda Mod. 1937 Breda Mod. 1938 Solothurn S-18/1000

Grenades	OTO Mod. 35 OTO Mod. 42 SRCM Mod. 35 Breda Mod. 35 Breda Mod. 42 L Type

Mortars (mortai)	Mortaio Brixia Mod. 35 Mortaio da 81/14 Mod. 35

Cartridge	.32 ACP .380 ACP 6.5×52mm Mannlicher-Carcano 7.35×51mm Carcano 8×57mm IS 8×59mm RB Breda 9×19mm Glisenti 9×19mm Parabellum 20×138mmB

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, April 02, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.