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Stielhandgranate is the German term for "stick hand grenade" and generally refers to a prominent series of World War I and World War II–era German stick grenade designs, distinguished by their long wooden handles, pull cord arming and cylindrical warheads.
The Model 17 Eierhandgranate (German for "egg hand grenade") is a small defensive and offensive hand grenade which was used by Germany during World War I. The average soldier could throw it 40 meters or further. It was more portable than the heavier Kugelhandgranate and less awkward to handle than the stick grenade. The body of the grenade was ...
M1914 Karabingranate [1] (carbine grenade) M1917 Karabingranate [1] (carbine grenade) M1913 Kugelhandgranate (hand grenade) M1915 Kugelhandgranate NA (hand grenade) M1915 Diskushandgranate [1] (offensive version and defensive version hand grenade) M1915, M1916 and M1917 Stielhandgranate [broken anchor] (hand stickgrenade) M1917 Eierhandgranate ...
A special chapter of German anti-tank grenade is the "Geballte Ladung" (massed load). It is not a singular grenade model but some normal handgrenades which were linked to each other (multiple High Explosive loads in one stick grenade). Another such German attempt at man-portable AT weapons was the "Hafthohlladung" (attachable shaped charge). It ...
The body of the grenade was cast iron 8 mm (0.31 in) thick, spherical shaped and externally segmented designed to produce between 70 and 80 fragments. A bronze-like stick (which was the igniter) was introduced to the spherical body.
Grenades. Bezossi M1915 [8] F1 M1915, M1916 and M1917; OF1 M1915 grenade [8] P1 M1915 grenade [8] Suffocante M1914 and M1916 gas grenade [8] M1847 ball grenade [8] M1914 ball grenade [8] M1918 anti-tank grenade; Pig iron lighting grenade [8] Bertrand M1915 and M1916 gas grenade [8] Foug M1916 grenade [8] IIIrd army grenade [8] DR M1916 rifle ...
The Model 39 "Eihandgranate", M39 or Eierhandgranate 39 ("egg hand grenade") was a German fragmentation hand grenade introduced in 1939 with 84.2 million produced until the end of World War II and thus in fact being more common than the iconic Stielhandgranate of which 75.5 million were produced.
The Stielgranate 41 (German: "stick grenade"; model 1941) was a German shaped charge, fin-stabilized shell, used with the 3.7 cm Pak 36 anti-tank gun to give it better anti-tank performance. The 3.7 cm PaK-36, was the standard anti-tank gun of the Wehrmacht in 1940.