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Category Archives: German Grenades
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.
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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The Rifle Grenade Part Three – The German Karabingranate M17
The Germans’ response to the French Viven-Bessière grenade we looked at last time was the Karabingranate M17, introduced in 1917.
German Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Four – The Eierhandgranate Model 1917
A few years ago I published a post about the German egg grenade, or the Eierhandgranate Model 1917, as it was officially known.
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German Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Three – The M1915 Diskushandgranate
What’s in the box?
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