Stielhandgranate
' (lit. "Stick hand grenade") is a series of World War I and World War II–era German hand grenade designs, also known as the Potato masher (), Doorknocker (), or Jam-pot and stick grenade' (by the British in WWI), The first models were introduced by the Imperial German Army during World War I and the final design was introduced during World War II by the German Wehrmacht.
Key facts
- Weapon.image
- File:Germany hand grenades, stick models 1915, 1915, 1917, 1917, 1916 - National World War I Museum - Kansas City, MO - DSC07779.JPG
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- Stick grenades on display at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri
- Weapon.type
- Hand grenade
- Weapon.origin
- German Empire
- Weapon.is_explosive
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1915–1945 (Germany)
- Weapon.used_by
- See
- Weapon.design_date
- 1915–1943
- Weapon.production_date
- 1915–1945
- Weapon.variants
- See
- Weapon.spec_label
- Stielhandgranate 15
Article
13 sectionsContents
- Background
- Hairbrush grenade
- Design
- History
- German service
- Austro-Hungarian service
- Variants
- Derivatives
- Users
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
' (lit. "Stick hand grenade") is a series of World War I and World War II–era German hand grenade designs, also known as the Potato masher (), Doorknocker (), or Jam-pot and stick grenade' (by the British in WWI), The first models were introduced by the Imperial German Army during World War I and the final design was introduced during World War II by the German Wehrmacht.
==Background==