Category Archives: Rifle Grenades

The Rifle Grenade Part Seven – The British No. 22 ‘Newton Pippin’ Rifle Grenade & the Newton 6-inch Trench Mortar

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Magicfingers

We looked at British rifle grenades in some detail recently, and here we have the only  example of a British rod grenade in my collection, the No. 22 ‘Newton Pippin’.

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British Rifle Grenades of the Great War – A Brief Pictorial Overview

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Magicfingers

Two examples of British rifle grenades ‘in action’ during the Great War. 

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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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The Rifle Grenade Part Three – The German 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 – The French 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 – The Italian Benaglia Rifle Grenade

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Magicfingers

This is the Italian Benaglia rifle grenade, actually a rod grenade, there being different ways of launching a grenade from a rifle.

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