Two German infantrymen fighting in Russia, fall 1941

Caption     Two German infantrymen fighting in Russia, fall 1941 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
Identification Code   242-GAP-286B-4
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Model 24 Stielhandgranate   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 1,576 x 973 pixels
Added By C. Peter Chen
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1. Commenter identity confirmed billAnonymous says:
24 Feb 2009 04:21:03 PM

The two infantrymen, are armed with standard issue rifle the KAR-98K 7.9mm rifle (5 rounds in built in magazine) The stick gernade, or known as the "Potato Masher" was the German Army's favorite gernade from 1915 to 1945, and it changed very little. The handle of the gernade was hollow, with the explosive-filled head screwed on to the end. Into the head went the detonator assembly, from which a string ran down the hollow handle, ending in a porceain bead. When it was time to use the gernade, the screw cap was removed, the string holding the bead fell out. Holding the handle in one hand,the soldier pulled the string with the other, and threw the gernade. On pulling the string, a roughened wire is drawn through a sensitive chemical to light the 5-second fuse. Heads down! Another hand gernade, was the "Egg Gernade" an oval light steel device about the size of an orange. Screwed into the top was a dark blue button un-screwing this revealed a string, and the ignition was just the same as the stick gernade.
2. Bill says:
24 Apr 2011 07:55:56 PM

OOPS! misspelled Grenade how could I have missed that, anyway the photograph was made into a painting and later used as a cover for a book called "Hitler Moves East" I'll correct my mistakes.

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