Category Archives: Weaponry & Relics

The Rifle Grenade Part Five – The German M14 Gewehrgranate

Posted on March 13, 2025 by Magicfingers

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

Posted on December 14, 2024 by Magicfingers

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. 

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Austro-Hungarian Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Fifteen – The M16 ‘Cigaro’

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Magicfingers

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

Posted on June 28, 2024 by Magicfingers

German soldiers pose for the cameraman with their M1917s. 

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German Hand Grenades of the Great War – The Stielhandgranate M1915 & M1916

Posted on June 22, 2024 by Magicfingers

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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Austro-Hungarian Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Two – The Ball Rohr Stielhandgranate

Posted on January 28, 2023 by Magicfingers

This is the Ball Rohr Stielhandgranate (stick grenade), once attached to a cardboard handle (as in the replica inset), remnants of which you can still see inside the ball in the main picture. 

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Austro-Hungarian Hand Grenades of the Great War Part One – The Rohr Stielhandgranate

Posted on November 6, 2021 by Magicfingers

Many of the early hand grenades in use during the first few months of the war, across all the combatant nations, were improvised explosive devices, tins full of bits of metal or anything likely to cause damage, often attached to … Continue reading →

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