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Stielhandgranate

Grenades And Explosives

The Stielhandgranate is a family of German stick hand grenades fielded from the First World War through the Second, nicknamed the potato masher by Allied troops for its wooden-handled shape. The Imperial German Army introduced it in 1915 after soldiers in the field found that improvised handled explosive charges, nicknamed hairbrush grenades, threw farther and more accurately than the standard-issue Kugelhandgranate, a roughly one-kilogram ball grenade with a range of only 15 to 20 metres. Its design was refined through several patterns into the Second World War, when it served with the Wehrmacht until 1945. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Weapon Class
Hand grenade 2
Introduced Year
1915 1
Classification
Service Status
Retired 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Grenade / Explosive Device 2
Connections

Operated By

Wehrmacht, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: Stielhandgranate

Used In

Second Sino-Japanese War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Stielhandgranate
Spanish Civil War, Wars
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World War I, Wars
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World War II, Wars
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Sources
1. Wikidata: Stielhandgranate
Wikidata Q697655, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
2. Wikipedia: Stielhandgranate
  • Infobox
    Hand grenade
  • Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
  • Introduction/adoption year stated in the entity's own sourced description text.
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Wikipedia: Stielhandgranate
  • service-status
    service = 1915-1945 (Germany)
  • Used In: World War I, infobox wars field: 'World War I'
  • Used In: Spanish Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Spanish Civil War'
  • Used In: Second Sino-Japanese War, infobox wars field: 'Second Sino-Japanese War'
  • Used In: World War II, infobox wars field: 'World War II'
  • Operated By: Wehrmacht, Wikipedia article text
    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.
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