Category Archives: Weaponry & Relics

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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The Rifle Grenade Part Three (or German Grenades of the Great War Part Eight) – The Karabingranate M17

Posted on October 16, 2021 by Magicfingers

The Germans’ response to the French Viven-Bessière grenade we looked at last time was the Karabingranate M17, introduced in 1917. 

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The Rifle Grenade Part Two (or French Grenades of the Great War Part Four) – The Viven-Bessière Grenade

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Magicfingers

Here’s a neat, but deadly, little thing. 

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The Rifle Grenade Part One (or Italian Grenades of the Great War Part Six) – The Benaglia Rifle Grenade

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Magicfingers

I am not a serious collector of rifle grenades, but bearing in mind the recent post on Grenade Throwers & Launchers, a couple of basic posts on rifle grenades might not go amiss, illustrated by a few examples that I … Continue reading →

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British Hand Grenades of the Great War – The Mills Bomb

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Magicfingers

It would be remiss of me not to include the ubiquitous Mills Bomb in this series of posts about Great War hand grenades, although I am not a collector of British grenades per se, and wouldn’t pretend to know as … Continue reading →

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Mystery Item No. 3 – The Answer & Other Miscellanea

Posted on August 21, 2021 by Magicfingers

For those of you still wondering – well done to Andrew and in particular Walter – exactly what this little bottle is, let’s not string it out.  Here’s the answer. 

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