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Homemade Viet Cong hand grenade

This makeshift Viet Cong fragmentation grenade was made from a soft drink can with a short bamboo handle attached.

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  • Anti-Vietnam War protest at Parliament
    Vietnam War
  • Armstrong 9-pounder gun
    Objects of war

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vietnam war
war objects
viet cong
Credit

National Army Museum Te Mata Toa
Accession Number: 1997.1782
Permission of the National Army Museum Te Mata Toa must be obtained before any reuse of this image.

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'Homemade Viet Cong hand grenade', URL: /media/photo/homemade-vc-orange-grenade, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 19-Aug-2014

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