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H096356 M24 STICK GRENADE. (Stielhandgranate M24)
BACKGROUND: The high explosive, concussion, M24 stick grenade was a modification of the WWI German M1915 stick grenade and was to become the most common grenade used by Germany during WWII. Modifications of the M24 resulted in the longer M39 grenade in 1939 and the M43 grenade with a different fuze insertion configuration in 1943. The M24, M39 and M43 grenades were all armed with TNT with a four to five second time delay fuse and had an effective radius of approximately twelve to fourteen yards. Of Note: Observations on the Russian front of the effectiveness of the Russian RGD33 grenade with fragmentation sleeve led the Germans to copy the idea and develop their own grenade fragmentation sleeve. The first German fragmentation sleeve was a smooth version introduced by the Waffen-SS, Waffen-und Geräteamtes, (Weapons and Equipment Office), under command of SS-Oberführer Heinrich Gärtner in mid-1942. Shortly after the introduction of the Waffen-SS fragmentation sleeve the HwaA, Heereswaffenamt, (Army Ordnance Office), a subsection of the OKH, Oberkommando des Heeres, (High Command of the Army), followed suit by developing a serrated version of the fragmentation grenade although both patterns were used by both organizations. The fragmentation sleeves were originally designed to friction fit on the head of the stick grenade altering it from a purely concussion weapon to a more damaging fragmentation weapon. The fragmentation sleeves could be utilized with any of the three stick grenade models, StiGr. M24, M39 and M43. Also Of Note: Regulations of December 9TH 1943 ordered that one third of all stick grenades be furnished with the fragmentation sleeves.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Roughly, 14" tall, M24 stick grenade with a 3" tall, 2 1/4" diameter, sheet metal construction head and a roughly, 11" tall, 1 3/8" diameter, lathed, subtly contoured, natural soft wood handle with a magnetic sheet metal fitting to both the top and bottom ends. The top end of the handle has a screw threaded, sheet metal fitting secured by four, small, dome headed screws. The top fitting was designed to screw into the bottom of the sheet metal grenade head. The bottom of the wooden handle has a removable, screw threaded, natural sheet metal cap with a corresponding, screw threaded, sheet metal receiver. The bottom screw threaded receiver is secured to the handle by four, small flat headed nails. The top handle fitting retains about 90% of its original black paint. The hollowed out wooden handle would have originally housed the detonator and pull cord with a porcelain pull bead. The pull cord and the porcelain bead are included but the detonator is absent. The handle is well marked with the impressed, manufacturer’s three letter code and date," lhg 44", indicating manufacture by Josef Walter Schiffswerft of Kriswitz in 1944. The sheet metal head retains about 65% of a period applied, olive drab over-paint with spots of wear to the original field-grey paint and the base metal with light surface spotting and pitting through-out.
GRADE *** PRICE $585.00
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