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Category Archives: Weaponry & Relics
The Stokes Mortar
Some of you might remember this rusted wine bottle-shaped thingy, one of the occasional live pieces of ordnance that I have stumbled over on my travels over the years.
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British Rifle Grenades of the Great War – A Brief Pictorial Overview
Two examples of British rifle grenades ‘in action’ during the Great War.
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The Rifle Grenade Part Five – The German M14 Gewehrgranate
This is the M14 Gewehrgranate, the replacement for the M13, and the rifle grenade that would serve the German Army for much of the war, although technological advancements – the introduction of pneumatic grenade launchers and small trench mortars – … Continue reading
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The Rifle Grenade Part Four – The German M13 Gewehrgranate
This is the M13 Gewehrgranate, a high-explosive cast-iron rifle grenade fitted with a percussion fuse designed to explode on impact, its body segmented for maximum fragmentation on detonation.
Austro-Hungarian Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Fifteen – The M16 ‘Cigaro’
Here’s another of those curious contraptions that litter my Man Cave. And if you disregard the vanes at the top, this image shows exactly why this was referred to as the Cigaro.
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German Hand Grenades of the Great War – The Stielhandgranate M1917
German soldiers pose for the cameraman with their M1917s.
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German Hand Grenades of the Great War – The Stielhandgranate M1915 & M1916
Time to replace some old, now-deleted, posts about the German Stielhandgranate with this brand-new far superior one. Well, I think so. All the collage pictures of grenades within mauve borders in this post are examples – some of which are … Continue reading
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