During world War one, French army (my country sorry for my bad English level), use '' stick'' grenade too, it' s called '' grenade a manche '' or '' grenade raquette''. A lot of them be used, and a lot of them buidt directly in the trench by soldier from scrap, unexploded shell give the explosive, wood scrap for the handle, and umpty case shell give the head of the grenade, or simple plumber pipe' s... They use simple fuse, fire with matchstick.... Frequently more dangerous for the luncher than the receiver...
Fun fact, this weapon is so good the Chinese copied this weapon and thru mass media, spend the rest of eternity pretended the weapon was their own invention
I'm fortunate enough to have never heard about them claiming the stick grenade as theirs, but it wouldnt be the first time Ive heard a chinese claiming that they invented something they didn't. It's a common joke here in the Philippines.
@@WingMaster562 Look at any Chinese war movie, it is always the weapon that defeats the enemy or is the symbol of the last stand against an enemy force
This is just a straight out lie No Chinese claims that the stick grenade was their invention. The reason why you see them so much in Chinese movies was because for a few decades and up to wwII the Germans literally supplied the Chinese KMT forces (google the sino-german cooperation). The use of stick grenades and German equipment is that way because THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED IN HISTORY. Saying that Chinese people take credit for the stick grenades because you see them used in movies is like saying Americans take credit for the invention of the tank because you see Americans using tanks in movies. Not only would that logic draw a silly conclusion, it’s just straight up wrong.
Arguably the Dreyse Needle Gun model 1841 is the weapon that started the trend of Prussian Wunderwaffe. It made the weapons of the US Civil War & Crimean War look archaic in comparison.
@@midas1929 😂👍🏼 kaboum! Absolutely! But was fun to use them. Didn’t like the new model, more efficient, smaller but no imagination. The HG43 was like throwing some old relics 🤣
I really love their design: easy to produce, even a little girl can throw them as far as a mills bomb, they can be used offensively and defensively, for demolition and as boobytrap. They are the polar opposite of most of the German engineering...
The German grenade on the stick wasn’t easier to produce then any other grenade. It wasn’t even the most produced grenade in Germany during the war. The German grenade that was produced and used the most, at least during the Second World War (I am not sure about the first one), looked much more like the Amarican pineapple grenade.
@@Julian-re2ey shouldn't the regular handgrenade-design require far more steps and machines? Especially the late war design seems to be really fast to make.
@@edi9892 If the German hand grenade design would have been so much superior to any other grenade, why don't we see stick grenades today? The Allies looted every German technology they could find after the war. But no one bothered to produce the German grenade design. Instead, everyone copied the American and British design. Even modern German arms companies produce grenades like American grenades. Also the German design had way more parts then a normal grenade, which made it more vulnerable to failure and probably harder to produce. It came disassembled to the soldier, who had do assemble it in the field before using. So you needed an somewhat educated soldier, which at the end was very hard to find, because they were all dead. The American grenade was ready when ever. You also had to start the fuse on the German design before throwing. The American grenade would only start its fuse when its leaving your hand. When you pull the pin, the grenade wont start its fuse until the lever is removed, so even with a drawn pin, you could hold on the the grenade forever and it wont explode. This made the American design much more idiot proof. Just imagine starting the fuse on a German grenade, then getting shell shocked by an explosion which throws you to the ground, your grenade still in hand, that will now go off. As long as you hold on the lever on the American one, you have enough time to stand up, orientate yourself and then throw the grenade. I also can imagine that the weight of a big wooden stick on every grenade made the carrying capacity for every soldier way more difficult. I know that there were some German soldiers who only got issued those grenades, they got send into battle without a gun, only with a belt of 10 or so stick grenades. And those soldiers who got issued guns, most of the time didn't carry any grenades. And like I said, the pineapple version was produced more often in Germany in the second world war. I don't know if you speak the German language, but there are some very educational videos, even on TH-cam about that in German. If you understand Germany maybe this is something for you xD th-cam.com/video/iEdEsDcZ5y0/w-d-xo.html It's a German veteran, who is very into historical warfare and commentates scenes from movies and stuff. Around the time stamp 19:14 in that video, he talks about exactly this topic. And in the video you also see the German grenade that got produced the most.
@@Julian-re2ey to my understanding, it was the lack of safety and the bulkiness that got them canceled. I still don't see them to be harder to make than the more advanced mills design though.
@@Julian-re2ey As far as I know the reason why stick handgranades are not used anymore is not because they were an inferior design, but the way that wars are fought changed. Stick granades are (at least sometimes) superior in offensive roles, because they are easier to be thrown over larger distances. Which is why the standard version wasn't a fragmentation device: They were offensive by default. As I see it, they were probably superior in the trench warfare of WW1 but gradually lost that advantage in WW2. And in modern warfare: How often does it happen that you depend on throwing hand granades in the open over a large distance? Never. That made the stick granades obsolete.
7 of german stick grenade head fixed in one handle 5:46 Terrible destruction It was able to make a WW1 or WW2 tank total incapacitated, the only downside was that you had to go close to the enemy tank and timed and throw accurately which was not an easy task
it wouldnt necessarily destroy a tank but what it could do was jam the turret,as with the T-34, a blast under the turret overhang could jolt the turret enough to jam it or the blast could concuss the crew, allowing attackers to get in close with mines or more grenades and damage the tracks, roadwheels or even the engine.
Appreciate this video. I didnt know there was a distinguishable concept of offensive & defensive grenades, im aware of fragmentation & how it increases the casualty producing radius, but i figured most use, even for non-frag explosives, ppl would stay behind cover until after it detonates, just in case something near the grenade gets flung your way.
you got that right,especially if you were at the end of the Line with plenty Grenades left,and the Ordonnanz-Officer not wanting to ship them back,so you had a Throwfest,with even the "Splitter-Mantel" getting used!
I remember seeing this for the first time in a band of brothers episode, i think winters had used one to take out one of the 105's, but I had never seen the potato masher before and just thought it looked so odd.
My father told me in Sports at school they would still use stick grenades Made out of wood as throwing Training devices That was in the seventies in germany
My late father told me how he got into trouble late in the war in Northern Germany when he and a friend found such a grenade, recently discarded by a deserting German soldier. They thought to use it like a firecracker, but obviously didn’t set the fuse. They then took it to his friends brother, a soldier on leave ...who then ratted my dad out to my grandfather (an engineering officer in the German navy, also returned from recent frontline service). Needless to say, dad got the spanking of his life.
@@fishyc150 It was just how they were made at the start they were changed later to be more destructive. What alerted me was a French movie one landed near a soldier and he through his Great Coat over it to smother he blast I thought surely this is movie magic. Checked it was an actual re enactment of what they did with German grenades in the early days.
At the end of WW2 my dad, was one of 80k western POW's, marched from Eastern Europe to the West. Each of their guards was issued 2 stick grenades. Most place them in their pack but one, an arrogant sergeant and bully, placed the wooden stick into his belt at the front to display his authority. While passing through Moosburg during a USAAF raid they had to find cover fast. After the raid they found the sergeants body with his stomach was hanging out. Bomb concussion must have set of the grenades. He was not missed.
@@tavish4699 disagree heavily, they were in no way clumsy, they were larger no dought, they had much longer range, greater explosive force and could be used as a club,
@@JoaoSoares-rs6ec ofcourse they were clumsy due to their size you couldnt carry as many and had to put them in your boots which was more then just a bit uncomfortable Them having a better explosive Radius doesnt change that
@@JoaoSoares-rs6ec to carry more they often put them in their boots look it up Also if you have a 30 cm stick on your belt movement isnt realy good just immagine leaning or laying down
There are a few cases that all look fairly similar in design, especially when they have been underground for 80 years. 5cm mortar, 8cm mortar, these grenades, etc. If the outside is degraded the best way to tell is by looking at the internal rack.
When I was stationed in Germany in 1983 . I was in the 3rd Armored Division. I met an old man who served in the German Army. He shared many horrible stories. When the granade machine guns tanks came up he said we really didn't invent much we perfected them
there was an official Satchel charge developed by kaarlo tuurna in 1936. a stick bomb and 3-4 kilograms of dynamite. when that thing goes off in a bunker its gonna reduce the soviets into a paste on the walls.
@@MK0272 there is also a comment thread on this video discussing post-war Swiss use of a similar design. Pretty interesting and not something I was aware of.
I'm sure combat engineers and pioneers had a plate you could fix 7 heads to for demolition. After the ww2 the company continued to make the the heads and turned them into coffee cans/cups rare to find them today.
Used to throw both. I would say no, not on distance necessarily, as sticks are heavier. The flight characteristics are totally different though. If you are trained, you can be much more precise with the stick one. Less bouncing or rolling off. But I guess it is also personal preference. Safety for me goes to the pineapple, as the timer starts once you release the throw from your hand. If you pulled the stick, that's it and you have a few seconds to get rid of it.
I wonder if any yokel tried to take a bite out of the pineapple grenade thinking it was a pineapple, or threw an actual pineapple at the enemy thinking it would explode
This type of grenade is superior to any "ball type" grenade and can be thrown much farther away. The downside is the handle which can become a nuisance when it tangles in the bag belt attachment.
The stick grenade, no matter what design or origin these are iconic offensive grenade which easy to use with powerful blast to kill a person's or stack up with multiple explosive for makeshift anti tank grenade. In China, during Anti-Japanese invasion these stick grenade are most important offensive weapons due to lack of firearms. They copy or own the German ones a lot, and some local underground workbench created their own Chinese use stick grenade due to complications of coping German ones and some ill-suited design for most Chinese peoples or resistance fighters.
I had an uncle who served in the CBI during WW2. I once found a similar Japanese grenade in his basement. It had a much shorter stick. I never asked about it, and after a few years, it was gone so I guess he did the sensible thing and got rid of it.
I think cool design would be to take a modern American grenade, and alter it so that you have the option of attaching a stick. You then carry a normal number of grenades, and one or two sticks that you can quickly twist onto one to add to the range and accuracy for situations where you need it. I don't know how practical it would be in practice though.
Half of your viewers are 'old timers who cannot understand your rapid fire diction. Looks like a great video but I have to pass. Please set this video to closed captions.
I apologize but unfortunately TH-cam will not allow me to turn on auto generated subtitles for this video. I will try to go in and manually type out the subtitles at some point.
Sad fact: Germany had had no strategic aims during WWI, but just had to follow that dumb treaty with Austria (Habsburg-Donau-Monarchie) and supporting them, after they started war with Serbia, because Serbians killed Austrian Princes.
Is a stick grenade easier to throw than an American grenade? Obviously you can carry more of the America type, but I understand a lot of soldiers can't through them, and if you didn't grow up playing toss games, they say it is nearly impossible to train someone with them. I want to know, because I am wondering if a stick grenade would be a solution to this problem.
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Hey there, Just IMHO... you might slow down a bit. also leave the pics up longer maybe. Interesting.... thanks.
Thanks for the input. Always hard to find the perfect balance.
@@MilitariaReviewed So true. Good luck going forward. I'm off to the workshop.:-)
@@dr.johnpaladinshow9747 Sounds good. Thanks again for the feedback.
During world War one, French army (my country sorry for my bad English level), use '' stick'' grenade too, it' s called '' grenade a manche '' or '' grenade raquette''.
A lot of them be used, and a lot of them buidt directly in the trench by soldier from scrap, unexploded shell give the explosive, wood scrap for the handle, and umpty case shell give the head of the grenade, or simple plumber pipe' s...
They use simple fuse, fire with matchstick....
Frequently more dangerous for the luncher than the receiver...
Fun fact, this weapon is so good the Chinese copied this weapon and thru mass media, spend the rest of eternity pretended the weapon was their own invention
I'm fortunate enough to have never heard about them claiming the stick grenade as theirs, but it wouldnt be the first time Ive heard a chinese claiming that they invented something they didn't. It's a common joke here in the Philippines.
@@WingMaster562 Look at any Chinese war movie, it is always the weapon that defeats the enemy or is the symbol of the last stand against an enemy force
@@ziangli4836 they also copied the german ww2 uniforms cuz their uniforms are so ugly
@@kriegsman9779 The Prussians aided them.
This is just a straight out lie
No Chinese claims that the stick grenade was their invention. The reason why you see them so much in Chinese movies was because for a few decades and up to wwII the Germans literally supplied the Chinese KMT forces (google the sino-german cooperation). The use of stick grenades and German equipment is that way because THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED IN HISTORY.
Saying that Chinese people take credit for the stick grenades because you see them used in movies is like saying Americans take credit for the invention of the tank because you see Americans using tanks in movies. Not only would that logic draw a silly conclusion, it’s just straight up wrong.
Like most German weapons and war paraphernalia, the stick grenade is iconic.
Arguably the Dreyse Needle Gun model 1841 is the weapon that started the trend of Prussian Wunderwaffe.
It made the weapons of the US Civil War & Crimean War look archaic in comparison.
@@kinglouiev9530
Great point, although some US Civil War firearms were state of art, Henry, Spencer, etc.
As iconic as a Luger pistol or a Stuka bomber or a Tiger tank. They had good weapons but bad politicians.
4 US soldiers, 1 aircraft, 150,000 dead
@@halloschmitty
Somehow lacks the mystique of a Luger, Stuka, Tiger tank or stick grenade.
Still used that type 1985 in the Grass Navy (infantry) of the Swiss Army. Attaching multiples up to 3 kg. was called a "grandma".
We had the HG-43 if I remember correctly.
@@ericgirardet1848 I think so. But they went boom anyway
Grass navy ;-) In Finland, we call our infantrymen "lawn drills".
@@midas1929 😂👍🏼 kaboum! Absolutely! But was fun to use them. Didn’t like the new model, more efficient, smaller but no imagination. The HG43 was like throwing some old relics 🤣
picture throwing a smoke grenade at the enemy... "they started using stealth tactics sir!" "oh yeah? 2 can play at that ga-" *explodes*
A easily operated and highly effective weapon.
In the late 50s I found some Wood Dummy's of those under some other training equipment at my School in my Hometown in Germany.
I found some in my old backyard 20 years ago.
They was so old that the wood burned better then the gunpowder
But is it a good potato masher?
You should try it out
The Germans also called them "potato mashers," in German of course.
Very useful.
@Woody Last Name My German is rusty, since my last class was in 1970------but I can still put brakes on a '65 VW!
It'll sure mash something if you use it that way
I really love their design: easy to produce, even a little girl can throw them as far as a mills bomb, they can be used offensively and defensively, for demolition and as boobytrap.
They are the polar opposite of most of the German engineering...
The German grenade on the stick wasn’t easier to produce then any other grenade. It wasn’t even the most produced grenade in Germany during the war. The German grenade that was produced and used the most, at least during the Second World War (I am not sure about the first one), looked much more like the Amarican pineapple grenade.
@@Julian-re2ey shouldn't the regular handgrenade-design require far more steps and machines?
Especially the late war design seems to be really fast to make.
@@edi9892
If the German hand grenade design would have been so much superior to any other grenade, why don't we see stick grenades today? The Allies looted every German technology they could find after the war. But no one bothered to produce the German grenade design. Instead, everyone copied the American and British design. Even modern German arms companies produce grenades like American grenades.
Also the German design had way more parts then a normal grenade, which made it more vulnerable to failure and probably harder to produce. It came disassembled to the soldier, who had do assemble it in the field before using. So you needed an somewhat educated soldier, which at the end was very hard to find, because they were all dead. The American grenade was ready when ever. You also had to start the fuse on the German design before throwing. The American grenade would only start its fuse when its leaving your hand. When you pull the pin, the grenade wont start its fuse until the lever is removed, so even with a drawn pin, you could hold on the the grenade forever and it wont explode. This made the American design much more idiot proof.
Just imagine starting the fuse on a German grenade, then getting shell shocked by an explosion which throws you to the ground, your grenade still in hand, that will now go off.
As long as you hold on the lever on the American one, you have enough time to stand up, orientate yourself and then throw the grenade.
I also can imagine that the weight of a big wooden stick on every grenade made the carrying capacity for every soldier way more difficult. I know that there were some German soldiers who only got issued those grenades, they got send into battle without a gun, only with a belt of 10 or so stick grenades. And those soldiers who got issued guns, most of the time didn't carry any grenades.
And like I said, the pineapple version was produced more often in Germany in the second world war. I don't know if you speak the German language, but there are some very educational videos, even on TH-cam about that in German.
If you understand Germany maybe this is something for you xD
th-cam.com/video/iEdEsDcZ5y0/w-d-xo.html
It's a German veteran, who is very into historical warfare and commentates scenes from movies and stuff. Around the time stamp 19:14 in that video, he talks about exactly this topic. And in the video you also see the German grenade that got produced the most.
@@Julian-re2ey to my understanding, it was the lack of safety and the bulkiness that got them canceled.
I still don't see them to be harder to make than the more advanced mills design though.
@@Julian-re2ey As far as I know the reason why stick handgranades are not used anymore is not because they were an inferior design, but the way that wars are fought changed.
Stick granades are (at least sometimes) superior in offensive roles, because they are easier to be thrown over larger distances. Which is why the standard version wasn't a fragmentation device: They were offensive by default.
As I see it, they were probably superior in the trench warfare of WW1 but gradually lost that advantage in WW2. And in modern warfare: How often does it happen that you depend on throwing hand granades in the open over a large distance? Never.
That made the stick granades obsolete.
I never knew about the m43 or the splittering cases, thanks for the video!
www.lexpev.nl/grenades/europe/germany/stielhandgranatebeton.html
Another interesting type you might haven't heard of ;)
My grandmother's sister brought home one of those granades as she really thought it was potato masher
7 of german stick grenade head fixed in one handle 5:46
Terrible destruction
It was able to make a WW1 or WW2 tank total incapacitated, the only downside was that you had to go close to the enemy tank and timed and throw accurately which was not an easy task
it wouldnt necessarily destroy a tank but what it could do was jam the turret,as with the T-34, a blast under the turret overhang could jolt the turret enough to jam it or the blast could concuss the crew, allowing attackers to get in close with mines or more grenades and damage the tracks, roadwheels or even the engine.
Clearly limited range owing to the weight.
@@jbuckley2546 except if you´re some ronnie coleman type of person, but then you barely would have stamina, but for that they had meth
Were all the 7 fuzes activated in this device?
Only the central grenade had a fuse, detonator, and pull cord. The other heads were set off by the central one.
Appreciate this video. I didnt know there was a distinguishable concept of offensive & defensive grenades, im aware of fragmentation & how it increases the casualty producing radius, but i figured most use, even for non-frag explosives, ppl would stay behind cover until after it detonates, just in case something near the grenade gets flung your way.
Great video - love grenades, got a few German ones and numerous English ones
Swiss Army used a similar stick grenade. There were still in use when I was in the army in the 80s. Was fun to throw them!
I assume your last name is pronounced "Fook" ?
Yeah, HG 43. These were in use even into the 90s. I only got to use the HG 85 and the newest model (the name eludes me right now).
you got that right,especially if you were at the end of the Line with plenty Grenades left,and the Ordonnanz-Officer not wanting to ship them back,so you had a Throwfest,with even the "Splitter-Mantel" getting used!
@@LMTDDS lol
Is Swiss military service required?
I remember seeing this for the first time in a band of brothers episode, i think winters had used one to take out one of the 105's, but I had never seen the potato masher before and just thought it looked so odd.
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Ouuuuu Captain K
Excellent vid ,as a collector of these this is great.Thank you
My father told me in Sports at school they would still use stick grenades Made out of wood as throwing Training devices
That was in the seventies in germany
modern american grenade concept:
*_StAcKaBlE gReNaDeS_*
ah shit not that unholy thing
Ah the modular unholy hand hand grenade
Potato masher? Oh I see, dual-use. ;-)
My late father told me how he got into trouble late in the war in Northern Germany when he and a friend found such a grenade, recently discarded by a deserting German soldier. They thought to use it like a firecracker, but obviously didn’t set the fuse. They then took it to his friends brother, a soldier on leave ...who then ratted my dad out to my grandfather (an engineering officer in the German navy, also returned from recent frontline service). Needless to say, dad got the spanking of his life.
You missed the early WW1 Grenades were filled with Resin almost useless and could be smothered by throwing a Great Coat over the Grenade.
I believe they were for stun in close quarters...
@@fishyc150 It was just how they were made at the start they were changed later to be more destructive. What alerted me was a French movie one landed near a soldier and he through his Great Coat over it to smother he blast I thought surely this is movie magic. Checked it was an actual re enactment of what they did with German grenades in the early days.
Plus the long handle i believe used the concept of the lever thus allowing it to be thrown farther...
Now I want to play with hand grenades...
Right on bud great video.
As a military buff this was very interesting 👍
Don't the Germans realize how expensive lumber is nowadays.
🤣
At the end of WW2 my dad, was one of 80k western POW's, marched from Eastern Europe to the West. Each of their guards was issued 2 stick grenades. Most place them in their pack but one, an arrogant sergeant and bully, placed the wooden stick into his belt at the front to display his authority. While passing through Moosburg during a USAAF raid they had to find cover fast. After the raid they found the sergeants body with his stomach was hanging out. Bomb concussion must have set of the grenades. He was not missed.
Jesus
Of course
Imagine just walking through a camp and you realize your grenade is missing its fuze string
You didn't explain how fuse worked on the model 24 and what you did to set it off before throwing
I definitely prefer the German stick grenade to modern ones
Only downside to them is they were clumsy
@@tavish4699 disagree heavily, they were in no way clumsy, they were larger no dought, they had much longer range, greater explosive force and could be used as a club,
@@JoaoSoares-rs6ec ofcourse they were clumsy due to their size you couldnt carry as many and had to put them in your boots which was more then just a bit uncomfortable
Them having a better explosive Radius doesnt change that
@@tavish4699 actualy they were carried in their belts, like the mills bombs and other similar grenades.
@@JoaoSoares-rs6ec to carry more they often put them in their boots look it up
Also if you have a 30 cm stick on your belt movement isnt realy good just immagine leaning or laying down
55 is what i want on my Christmas tree low key ^^
Yank the string and PRAY that you have 4 1/2 seconds to get rid of it...LOL
I like this grenade do to the stick and acting as a lever and to be thrown farther and stuck in the landing area
The evolution has went like.. Bing! Bang! Boom! What's coming next? My guess is Blam!
I've always wondered how well the fragmenting sleeves worked.
So that's what those metal cases held, thought they held morter bomb's, see the WW2 metal detector guys digging lots of them
There are a few cases that all look fairly similar in design, especially when they have been underground for 80 years. 5cm mortar, 8cm mortar, these grenades, etc. If the outside is degraded the best way to tell is by looking at the internal rack.
Thanks TH-cam recommendations
When I was stationed in Germany in 1983 . I was in the 3rd Armored Division. I met an old man who served in the German Army. He shared many horrible stories. When the granade machine guns tanks came up he said we really didn't invent much we perfected them
I saw this first time when I played Metal Slug.
The stick with a kick. ;)
look on the bright side...if they get defused...you can pick it and use as a mace
there was an official Satchel charge developed by kaarlo tuurna in 1936.
a stick bomb and 3-4 kilograms of dynamite.
when that thing goes off in a bunker its gonna reduce the soviets into a paste on the walls.
Thank you for the very interesting video! Would you happen to know how long after WW2 this style of grenade was in use?
German use of the M24 ended after WW2. A few Asian countries based their grenades of the same general design.
@@MilitariaReviewed Thank you!
@@MK0272 there is also a comment thread on this video discussing post-war Swiss use of a similar design. Pretty interesting and not something I was aware of.
I'm sure combat engineers and pioneers had a plate you could fix 7 heads to for demolition.
After the ww2 the company continued to make the the heads and turned them into coffee cans/cups rare to find them today.
I still dont know why they used both the stick and the egg. Surely would be cheaper to use just one.
What was the benefit of both?
I did not know the M24 was so versatile
Great video brother!
Can those be thrown further then the pineapple type?
I'd imagine so.
Used to throw both. I would say no, not on distance necessarily, as sticks are heavier. The flight characteristics are totally different though. If you are trained, you can be much more precise with the stick one. Less bouncing or rolling off. But I guess it is also personal preference. Safety for me goes to the pineapple, as the timer starts once you release the throw from your hand. If you pulled the stick, that's it and you have a few seconds to get rid of it.
I wonder if any yokel tried to take a bite out of the pineapple grenade thinking it was a pineapple, or threw an actual pineapple at the enemy thinking it would explode
Excellent video!:)-John in Texas
Seems overly complicated even for that time. But that's what Germans are known for
Very informative, thanks😁👌👏👏👏
Still waiting for shuriken grenade.
This type of grenade is superior to any "ball type" grenade and can be thrown much farther away.
The downside is the handle which can become a nuisance when it tangles in the bag belt attachment.
Distance isn't anywhere near as important at accuracy. Being able to get it through a window or door is more important then 20% more range
I would like see a comparison between them and the allies grenades.
I just wonder if I just know what kind of metal or steel German use in m 24 grenade head?
The stick grenade, no matter what design or origin these are iconic offensive grenade which easy to use with powerful blast to kill a person's or stack up with multiple explosive for makeshift anti tank grenade.
In China, during Anti-Japanese invasion these stick grenade are most important offensive weapons due to lack of firearms. They copy or own the German ones a lot, and some local underground workbench created their own Chinese use stick grenade due to complications of coping German ones and some ill-suited design for most Chinese peoples or resistance fighters.
it is ubsurdly brutal what our grandfathers went thru
I had an uncle who served in the CBI during WW2. I once found a similar Japanese grenade in his basement. It had a much shorter stick. I never asked about it, and after a few years, it was gone so I guess he did the sensible thing and got rid of it.
Now that's one oil filter you don't want to use.
2:02 ah yes the forbidden microphone
As demoman once said: KABLOEEEEI!!!
The grenade with many uses
It's literally a stick with an Oil filter attached to it
Anybody know why they were called potato mashers???
It's incredible easy to throw
awkward for sure. However the stick helped to throw it a wider distance.
Is there a place to watch the full training video?
Unfortunately it looks like TH-cam removed the video that I took that clip from. I can look around later and see if I can find it somewhere else.
I see Bomastone, I click like
good vid.
why did they continue wiht it. over the egg. or like the american with the handle flying off ?
your incorrect, that is a ullapol caber
Because of the extra leverage of the wooden handle, these grenades could be thrown further with more accuracy than American " pineapple " grenades.
I think cool design would be to take a modern American grenade, and alter it so that you have the option of attaching a stick. You then carry a normal number of grenades, and one or two sticks that you can quickly twist onto one to add to the range and accuracy for situations where you need it. I don't know how practical it would be in practice though.
i recall reasding a story of a man in china using one of these that was still live as a nutcracker
Half of your viewers are 'old timers who cannot understand your rapid fire diction. Looks like a great video but I have to pass. Please set this video to closed captions.
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This is why german use stick granade because it can trow far
potato masher!
ya but why the stick instead of just the cannister?
instead of throwing a heavy baseball, youre flinging it with a stick
Ahhh I was enjoying the old dude speak....
Gotta love the sound of old school newsreels and broadcasts....
Why they are not using today ?
Potato masher is the best name for a grenade
Potato masher RUN!!!!
Potato Masher
Is that grenade still use today?
No.
Sad fact: Germany had had no strategic aims during WWI, but just had to follow that dumb treaty with Austria (Habsburg-Donau-Monarchie) and supporting them, after they started war with Serbia, because Serbians killed Austrian Princes.
Is a stick grenade easier to throw than an American grenade? Obviously you can carry more of the America type, but I understand a lot of soldiers can't through them, and if you didn't grow up playing toss games, they say it is nearly impossible to train someone with them. I want to know, because I am wondering if a stick grenade would be a solution to this problem.
Yes it would think of it throwing a rock or a stick. Due to the leverage you can throw it farther
I didn't know that Hitler manes demo man
cool
Nice
What your saying is if germany starts making handgrenades watch out for
the 4th rich lol
I wonder how many soldiers had been killed or wounded by design errors until this grenade reached it latest version...
so could you throw a stick grenade longer?? and whit better precision
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correct
Once read that the german hand grenade could be trown longer, than the ones of the allieds - don't know if it is true ....
The handle gives it extra leverage so it could be thrown further and with more accuracy than an American grenade.
gotta pair this bad boy with loch n load
A B O U T 4+1/2 seconds???
Ich würde mindestens 10 Gallonen Benzin und 10 Kisten Streichhölzer tragen, um sicherzustellen, dass ich ein heißes Feuer hatte. Ich mag es wirklich heiß
but why a stick?
plz make video on anti tank grenade
I can do that. Any specific type?
Wenn ich an die stick grandad denke denke ich immer an Japan xd