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Diagram of a Babbitt rifle grenade, as using in the Springfield 1903 rifle.

a. Paper disk.
b. Sabot.
c. Stem.
d. Stem ring.
e. Closing screw.
f. Safety wire.
g. Safety pellet screw.
h. Paper disk.
j. Safety pellet.
k. Safety pin.
l. Body
m. Trinitrotoluol.
n. Detonating cup filling disk.
p. Plug.
q. Plunger locking pin.
r. Plunger.
s. Plunger restraining spring.
t. Casing.
u. Primer holder.
v. Percussion composition.
w. Primer covering.
x. Primer housing.
y. Primer charge.
z. Primer closing disk.
aa. Detonator cup.
bb. Detonating compound.

The grenade is designed to be fired at a constant angle of elevation, namely 45°, except as noted below for ranges under 50 yards. The range attained is dependent upon the length of the stem inserted in the bore of the rifle. Tests have shown that within considerable limits the range is but little affected by small changes in the angle of elevation, near 45°, while a change in the length of inserted stem gives an appreciable change in the range.

Taken from Description and Instructions for the Use of Rifle and Hand Grenades, United States Army, Ordnance Dept, (1917).

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