German Potato Masher Grenade at Barbara Strunk blog

German Potato Masher Grenade. The german stick grenade design began in 1915, improving on the pétards raquettes concept. The german “potato masher” hand grenade of world war two fame is easily identifiable by its grey cylindrical head and wooden handle,. A german soldier lobs a model 24 stielhandgranate, unofficially known as a “potato masher”. While most are familiar with the german stg.24 stielhandgranate 1924 or “potato masher,” they even more widely used the eihgr. Axis troops also called the ubiquitous stick grenade the “door knocker”. The stielhandgranate was the quintessential hand grenade of the german army in both world war 1 and world war 2. Arguably the most recognized german infantry weapon of the 20th century. The grenades manufactured pre april 1940 would of course be used until the end of the war, and it is not unusual to find pictures from 1944 with stielhandgranaten 24 with the full text painted on.

The german stick grenade design began in 1915, improving on the pétards raquettes concept. The stielhandgranate was the quintessential hand grenade of the german army in both world war 1 and world war 2. Arguably the most recognized german infantry weapon of the 20th century. While most are familiar with the german stg.24 stielhandgranate 1924 or “potato masher,” they even more widely used the eihgr. The grenades manufactured pre april 1940 would of course be used until the end of the war, and it is not unusual to find pictures from 1944 with stielhandgranaten 24 with the full text painted on. The german “potato masher” hand grenade of world war two fame is easily identifiable by its grey cylindrical head and wooden handle,. Axis troops also called the ubiquitous stick grenade the “door knocker”. A german soldier lobs a model 24 stielhandgranate, unofficially known as a “potato masher”.

M24 German WW2 Stick Grenade (Potato Masher) with Fragmentation Sleeve

German Potato Masher Grenade The german stick grenade design began in 1915, improving on the pétards raquettes concept. The grenades manufactured pre april 1940 would of course be used until the end of the war, and it is not unusual to find pictures from 1944 with stielhandgranaten 24 with the full text painted on. Axis troops also called the ubiquitous stick grenade the “door knocker”. Arguably the most recognized german infantry weapon of the 20th century. While most are familiar with the german stg.24 stielhandgranate 1924 or “potato masher,” they even more widely used the eihgr. The german stick grenade design began in 1915, improving on the pétards raquettes concept. A german soldier lobs a model 24 stielhandgranate, unofficially known as a “potato masher”. The stielhandgranate was the quintessential hand grenade of the german army in both world war 1 and world war 2. The german “potato masher” hand grenade of world war two fame is easily identifiable by its grey cylindrical head and wooden handle,.