Stick grenade 39
| Stick grenade 39 | |
|---|---|
| General Information | |
| Designation: | Stick grenade 39 |
| Type: | Stick grenade |
| Country of origin: | German Empire |
| Development: | 1939 |
| Commissioning: | 1939 |
| Working time: | 1939-1943 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Combat weight: | 624 g |
| Charge: | TNT |
| Length: | 406 mm |
| Diameter: | 70 mm |
| Lists on the subject | |
The stick hand grenade 39 was a hand grenade of the Wehrmacht in World War II . It was a further development of stick hand grenade 24 and the predecessor of stick hand grenade 43 .
construction
The 624 gram stick hand grenade consisted of a hollow wooden handle with a tear-off cord, a fire igniter and a pot made of thin-walled sheet steel with a powder charge made of TNT . The entire stick grenade was 16 inches long. The hand grenade was only activated when the detonator was inserted . It was completely safe in this state and only detonated after a delay of four to five seconds after the tear-off cord.
Modifications
From 1941 on, a reinforcement jacket made of cast iron could be placed around the pot according to the Soviet pattern . This increased the fragmentation effect of the stick hand grenade.
In addition to being thrown individually, the stick grenade could also be used as a concentrated charge or as a straight charge. They were used in bunker combat or to blow up wire obstacles. With the concentrated charge, five or six hand grenade pots were tied around a stick grenade in the middle. When this hand grenade was ignited, the bundle was detonated. To produce a stretched load, hand grenade pots were attached to a board or a strong branch at intervals of 15 centimeters. At the end a stick grenade was attached with a longer tear-off cord.
See also
literature
- Terry Gander, Peter Chamberlain: Encyclopedia of German Weapons 1939-1945. 2nd edition, special edition, Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-613-02481-0 .