Breda Mod. 35

35 is a hand grenade issued to the Royal Italian Army during World War II.

35 represented the new generation of hand grenades with which the Royal Italian Army faced the Second World War.

It is an offensive type hand grenade, made up of an aluminium cylindrical body with the two trunk-conical shaped ends of, painted red and loaded with 63 g (2.2 oz) of TNT-dinitronaphthalene that at the time of the explosion projects splinters in a radius of 10 m (33 ft).

At the moment of use the ordinary security is flipped and the grenade thrown, the headset is reversed causing the disrolling of delay tape, finally dragging the crossbar to safety.

At this time the bomb is ready to explode, as soon as the collision with the ground overcomes the resistance of the antagonist spring, it causes the advancement of the pin that strikes the capsule, triggering the explosion.