Friday, April 23, 2010

What is the name of the German grenade with the long handle?

The Model 24 Stielhandgranate (In English: Stick Hand Grenade) was the standard hand grenade of the German Army from the end of World War I until the end of World War II. The very distinctive appearance led to it being called a "stick grenade", or "Potato Masher" in British Army slang, and is today one of the most easily recognised hand grenades of the 20th Century.

What is the name of the German grenade with the long handle?
G.I.s called them potato mashers the germans had their own name, they called it the model 24
Reply:It started out being called the Stielhandgranate or "stick grenade" Later it was redesigned and became a Model 24 grenade and nick named the potato masher.... http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_grenade


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