Plate 31 of 87 · Class IV, Grenades & mortars

Stick grenade

The German Stielhandgranate, a hand grenade on a wooden throwing handle, widely called the potato masher. The Imperial German Army introduced the first models in the First World War, alongside ball and egg grenades, and it was possibly the most recognizable German grenade of the war.

Mentioned in

• Chapter X The Machinery of War §9 Flames, Grenades, Mortars and Clubs

Sources

Sources

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stielhandgranate
• collections.royalarmouries.org/first-world-war/type/rac-narrative-155

Wikidata Q697655