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Category Archives: Weaponry & Relics
Italian Grenades of the Great War Part Two – The Carbone Type C Hand Grenade
Those of you with good memories might be thinking that I’ve shown you this type of wire-handled grenade before.
Posted in Italian Grenades, Weaponry & Relics
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Italian Grenades of the Great War Part One – The Lenticolare M.14 Hand Grenade, Aasens & Other Tales
Which also happens to be the answer to Mystery Item No. 2.
Posted in Italian Grenades, Weaponry & Relics
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Mystery Item No. 2
Hot on the heels of Mystery Item #1, what might this battered relic be, do you think?
Posted in Miscellaneous, Weaponry & Relics
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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.
Posted in German Grenades, Weaponry & Relics
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Mediaeval meets Modern – Grenade Throwers & Launchers of the Great War
Small trench mortars, much like grenades, had been around for centuries, and much like grenades, by the early years of the 20th Century, had fallen somewhat out of fashion with modern armies. Heavy artillery would deal with enemy positions and … Continue reading
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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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Any Old Iron – Cutting the Wire
Barbed wire – the bane of the infantryman, no matter his nationality.