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Originally Posted by Contact
Very good Raptor 
One question left to answer to a comment below the video.
"Considering that Japanese handgrenades had fuzes which required a pin to be removed-
*after which the fuze needed to be activated by hitting it against a hard surface* !
Soldiers would normally use the heel of their boot for that purpose.
How on earth did this fellow manage to do that trick...under water...? " |
The Type 23 grenade, originally a Chinese design, did not have this feature. The Japanese also developed the rather crude Type 4 grenade later in the war but I am not sure how hard it was to activate or if it would have worked in water.
Also, it could have been a captured grenade from any number of enemies, I can see why a Japanese pilot would keep one in case something like this happened.