Model 43 grenade

The stick grenade 43 was a hand grenade of the Wehrmacht in World War II and a further development of Stielhandgranate 24 and Stielhandgranate 39

Construction

The construction of the 624 -gram stick grenade consisted of a wooden handle and the pot made ​​of thin sheet steel with an explosive charge of TNT. The entire stick grenade was 35.6 inches long. Due to a production simplifying the handle was no longer hollow and the Abreißschnur was attached directly to the pot. This enabled the pot be thrown without stem. The shell detonated after a delay of 4.4 seconds after the tearing Abreißschnur.

Modifications

As with the stick grenade 24 a reinforcing jacket made ​​of cast iron could also be set to the stick grenade 43. This increased the fragmentation effect of the stick grenade.

The stick grenade could be used in addition to the single union as a whole load or as an extended charge. So they were used in battle bunker or blasting wire obstacles. In the full load of five or six hand grenades pots were tied around a bar located in the middle Stielhandgranate. Upon ignition of the grenade, the bundle was detonated. To produce an extended charge grenades pots were attached at intervals of 15 centimeters on a board or strong branch. At the end of a stick grenade was fastened with longer Abreißschnur.