Stick hand grenade 43
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| General Information | |
| Designation: | Stick hand grenade 43 |
| Type: | Stick grenade |
| Country of origin: | German Empire |
| Commissioning: | 1943 |
| Working time: | 1943-1945 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Combat weight: | 624 g |
| Charge: | TNT |
| Length: | 356 mm |
| Diameter: | 70 mm |
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The stick hand grenade 43 was a hand grenade of the Wehrmacht in World War II and a further development of the stick hand grenade 24 and stick hand grenade 39 .
construction
The 624 gram stick hand grenade consisted of a wooden handle and the pot made of thin-walled sheet steel with an explosive charge made of TNT . The entire stick grenade was 14 inches long. Due to a simplification of production, the handle was no longer hollow and the tear-off cord was attached directly to the pot. This enabled the pot to be thrown without a handle. The grenade detonated with a delay of 4.4 seconds after the tear-off cord.
Modifications
As with stick grenade 24, a reinforcement jacket made of cast iron could also be placed around stick grenade 43 . 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 Arms. 1939-1945. Special edition, 2nd edition, Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-613-02481-0 .