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Category Archives: Rifle 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.
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.
The Rifle Grenade Part Two – The French Viven-Bessière Grenade
Here’s a neat, but deadly, little thing.
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The Rifle Grenade Part One – The Italian Benaglia Rifle Grenade
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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Austro-Hungarian Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Thirteen – The Universal Grenade
We’ve seen some pretty basic hand grenades (in particular the Lakos grenades) in the past few months, so let’s take a look at something more complex, whilst bearing in mind that the more complicated the device, the more to go … Continue reading
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