German Hand Grenade?

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Helmut0815
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German Hand Grenade?

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Post by Helmut0815 » 09 Feb 2019, 21:16

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/worl ... -kong.html

What type of hand grenade is this? At least no potato smasher found in the potatoes... :milwink:


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Re: German Hand Grenade?

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Post by Richie B » 10 Feb 2019, 10:36

Helmut

I have seen this discussed elsewhere and it was identified as a Diskushandgranate 15.

https://forums.gunboards.com/showthread ... ight=chips

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Post by Helmut0815 » 10 Feb 2019, 18:30

Thanks Richie, but in the discussion at the gunboard forum it was identified as a Kugelhandgranate M1915 NA.


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