dano1917
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In 1918 the Germans developed a rebounding projectile for the Granatenwerfer. It would hit the ground, then re-launch in the air, then explode. The cast body was covered with a steel sleeve, closed at the end with a firing chamber with black powder. The fuse was activated by striking the ground and this also set off the black powder charge which re-shot the projectile out of the sleeve acting as a mortar tube. The idea was to have the grenade explode in the air rather than burying itself in loose ground. I don't have figures on how many were actually made, but the number was probably low as this came out toward the end of the war.... Dano
From: Weapons of the Trench War 1914 - 1918
By: Anthony Saunders
From: Weapons of the Trench War 1914 - 1918
By: Anthony Saunders
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