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First Stick Gren produced
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dano1917
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parachute grenade
Righto, you are Jeensey, this was German first shot at the stick, came out very early in 1915. Interestingly enough, the "skirt" is actually a parachute designed to open high in the air and insure the grenade landed on percussion igniter. Pic wise this is all i've got, as i've never seen a pic or drawing with parachute open. Hope this helps..Dano
Righto, you are Jeensey, this was German first shot at the stick, came out very early in 1915. Interestingly enough, the "skirt" is actually a parachute designed to open high in the air and insure the grenade landed on percussion igniter. Pic wise this is all i've got, as i've never seen a pic or drawing with parachute open. Hope this helps..Dano
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dano1917
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one rare critter
I guess Jeeeensy, you realize just how rare this is. It was one of Germany's few true failures in the grenade department. Too damn much had to happen at timed intervals (ya think!) for a successful landing. Probably saw less than a month of service until the m1915 time fuzed stick appeared on the scene. wonderful snag pal..Dano
I guess Jeeeensy, you realize just how rare this is. It was one of Germany's few true failures in the grenade department. Too damn much had to happen at timed intervals (ya think!) for a successful landing. Probably saw less than a month of service until the m1915 time fuzed stick appeared on the scene. wonderful snag pal..Dano
dano1917
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1915 parachute grenade
The body, which is painted black, consists of a tin cylinder of explosive with hemispherical head of larger diameter containing shrapnel bullets. A buffer cylinder passes through the body and projects, so as to produce the explosion slightly above ground. The base of the body is closed by a wooden plug at the handle. A parachute safety arrangment is attached to the head of the handle in order to prevent fragments flying to the rear on explosion, and also to cause the grenade to fall on its head. A cord seven meters long which normally is coiled up inside the handle, is attached to a long needle passing down the percussion pellet. A safety hook retains a ring attached to the end of the percussion pellet and the needle passes through a hole in this hook. After the first seven meters of the flight, the jerk on the cord pulls out the needle and the safety hook is thus free to fall out sideways and so allow the percussion pellet to move forward on concussion.
The body, which is painted black, consists of a tin cylinder of explosive with hemispherical head of larger diameter containing shrapnel bullets. A buffer cylinder passes through the body and projects, so as to produce the explosion slightly above ground. The base of the body is closed by a wooden plug at the handle. A parachute safety arrangment is attached to the head of the handle in order to prevent fragments flying to the rear on explosion, and also to cause the grenade to fall on its head. A cord seven meters long which normally is coiled up inside the handle, is attached to a long needle passing down the percussion pellet. A safety hook retains a ring attached to the end of the percussion pellet and the needle passes through a hole in this hook. After the first seven meters of the flight, the jerk on the cord pulls out the needle and the safety hook is thus free to fall out sideways and so allow the percussion pellet to move forward on concussion.