Stielhandgranate
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Stielhandgranate 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. The first models were introduc
Stick grenades on display at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri
German stormtroopers posing with stick grenades, 1917
Austro-Hungarian stormtroopers with stick grenades, 1917
Two WWI-era Stielhandgranate
Stormtroopers were the only elite shock troops of the Imperial German Army that specialized in commando-style raids, infiltrating the trenches and wiping out the enemy quickly, maneuver warfare, recon
Stielhandgranate
…delay fuse varied from 5.5 to 7 seconds as marked on the side of the warhead or the handle, although short burning fuses (2–3 seconds) were issued to Stormtroopers. The warhead was stencilled with the reminder Vor Gebrauch Sprengkapsel Einsetzen ("Before use insert detonator"). Percussion fused versions of the…
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German stormtroopers training in Sedan, France (1917).
Stormtrooper of the Assault Bataillon Rohr
German stormtrooper on the Western Front wearing the Stahlhelm (1916)