Original U.S. WWII Scarce M8 Grenade Launcher for M1 Carbine Category_Flintlock Pistols above batch number

above batch number

the Fichtel & Sachs company was founded in 1895 by Karl Fichtel and Ernst Sachs

but there is no longer any strap installed

The flag header is unmarked

The rest of the writing is the name of the forge where Masayuki worked

Original U.S. WWII Scarce M8 Grenade Launcher for M1 Carbine Category_Flintlock Pistols above batch numberOriginal Item: Only One Available. The M8 grenade launcher, formally carbine grenade launcher, M8, was a 22 mm rifle grenade launcher attachment for the M1 Carbine that saw use throughout World War II and the Korean War. The M8 is a tube shaped device, with one end slotting over the barrel of the rifle, the other end holding the grenade in place. Blank cartridges were loaded into the rifle prior to firing. When fired, the expanding gasses generated by