Talk:M18 smoke grenade

date released
can we add when they were first brought to market? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.255.122.13 (talk) 02:18, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

"Field Epedient Use" section
No reference was provided to a source for these instructions.

Section has been removed for two reasons: no supporting references supplied, and quite frankly these instructions make no sense. Why would anyone remove the fuze assembly? Applying an open flame "in combat" is not going to be faster, simpler or less obtrusive than simply using the existing fuze assembly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.110.29.215 (talk) 22:00, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Unnecessary link to the M18 Hellcat tank destroyer
In what is (at the time of this writing) the second sentence, "The M18 replaced the World War II M16..." the "M18" links to the M18 Hellcat tank destroyer. I'm not sure why this is here as it seems to be referencing the grenade in comparison to the M16 smoke grenade, not the armored vehicle. I feel that the link is misleading and should probably be removed unless I'm missing something about the context of the sentence. 173.53.29.102 (talk) 00:29, 9 November 2016 (UTC)Salmo

Orange smoke in WW2
I'm a WW2 reenactor and I know for a fact that Orange-colored smoke grenades were used in at least limited circumstances during World War II. Specifically, this was the color used by Airborne pathfinders to mark drop zones during daylight jumps. (The same color was used for recognition panels, etc.)

My question is whether these were M16s or M18s. Most likely the former, but still, I'll try to find some sources and references and find out.

104.207.208.98 (talk) 19:24, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
 * M16s. One of the colours which remained only available for the (older and generally obsolete) M16, not the newer M18. It would be good to find the official Field Manuals for both the smoke grenades (so what's available) and for the operation of airborne operations. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:18, 15 April 2019 (UTC)