Original U.S. Vietnam War Era Inert Gas CN Chloroacetophenone Grenade with M201A1 Fuze German Holsters and a partly bright finish

and a partly  bright finish

was given this plaque some time after the war when they were being distributed

in which a combined force of troops from the United States

Also reads Motorisierte Artillerie (Motorized Artillery)

and as such their details varied slightly

Original U.S. Vietnam War Era Inert Gas CN Chloroacetophenone Grenade with M201A1 Fuze German Holsters and a partly bright finishOriginal Item. Only One Available. During the Vietnam War, U. S. forces primarily used CS gas (o chlorobenzylidene malononitrile), which had replaced the older agent CN (chloroacetophenone). Both are riot control agents, but CS was considered more potent and less toxic than CN. Chloroacetophenone (CN) was used in Vietnam, though less extensively than CS, primarily by South Vietnamese forces. Like all deactivated ordnance, this grenade is Not Available