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Category Archives: Austro-Hungarian Grenades
Austro-Hungarian Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Nine – The Zeitzünder M15 Grenade Part Two
Another Zeitzünder M15 grenade, although unlike the previous example I showed you, this is one hundred percent the hand grenade version, as the handle demonstrates.
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Austro-Hungarian Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Eight – The Zeitzünder M15 Grenade Part One
This is the Zeitzünder M15 grenade, or the Guguruz, meaning something like corn-on-the-cob, as it was colloquially known.
Austro-Hungarian Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Seven – The Zylindergranate
Given that there ain’t that much going on here at the moment following our Boesinghe tour – at least above water – beneath I am paddling like crazy – here’s another in our sometime series of Great War Austro-Hungarian hand … Continue reading
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Austro-Hungarian Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Six – The Schwere Hand Grenade Part Three
This is the third, and largest, example of a Schwere hand grenade that I can show you, and this is a seriously big piece of kit, weighing in at just under three pounds, and measuring almost five inches from tip … Continue reading
Austro-Hungarian Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Five – The Schwere Hand Grenade Part Two
This is a medium Schwere hand grenade, weighing in at about ten ounces, considerably heavier than the previous Schwere I showed you.
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Austro-Hungarian Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Four – The Schwere Hand Grenade Part One
Schwere hand grenades, made of cast-iron, and in quite a number of different styles and sizes, were used by Austro-Hungarian forces throughout the war.
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Austro-Hungarian Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Three – The Lakos Hand Grenade Part One
Three examples of what are known as Lakos hand grenades, named after the man who developed them, one Captain Róbert Lakos, pioneer officer of the Royal Hungarian 4th Honvéd Infantry Regiment. The Lakos was basically an improvised grenade made in … Continue reading
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