C13 grenade is junk

[Acorn]

The V-40 was difficult to handle with bare hands, almost impossible with gloves. Personally, I only ever used them a couple of times, with no incidents (one guy's C1 exploded though - that was entertaining).

Don't worry about them NATOBoy, they've been out of service since before you were born. I can't see them coming back.

Acorn

 

[Colin Parkinson]

I saw the V40 grenades, but never got to throw them. We threw one of the last batches of M36's in the inventory and also the M62, 67

One of the causes of duds with the M62/67 is by laying the spoon in the palm of your hand. As you throw the grenade, your hand opens up, but the grenade still sits in your hand with the weight slowing the release of the spoon. The striker rides against the restrained spoon and then contacts the primer with insufficient force to ignite the fuze.