BottsGreys Posted 7 December , 2004 Share Posted 7 December , 2004 Grenadedom not being my forte, I guess the word should have been "ignited" (or initiated), other than "armed." Thanks guys, for the information--very enlightening. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 7 December , 2004 Share Posted 7 December , 2004 There are usually 2 safety features: before you screw the "Coke Can" on to the wooden stick you had to remove a piece of paper or similar material that acted as a barrier between detonator and explosive mass; the 2nd feature (as depicted in your pic) : you had to first pullout and than pull off a cord attached to the detonator in the stick; this was the arming process and you better count to 3 and throw it to the Brits , count to 5 when throwing to the Aussis P.S. When going into battle the first safety device (paper clip) was removed in preparation for assault; later they only had to pull the string/cord- and there he goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_H Posted 7 December , 2004 Share Posted 7 December , 2004 Chris Have found you a diagram with a section of the detonator and ignition system of the stick grenade. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andigger Posted 7 December , 2004 Share Posted 7 December , 2004 Thanks for sharing guys this is very interesting!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottsGreys Posted 8 December , 2004 Author Share Posted 8 December , 2004 Great info all around everyone and greatly appreciated. As Andy said, very interesting, In all the war movies and war television shows I've seen during my 45 years (going back to Combat! in the 1960s), I've often been shown the Americans "pulling the pin" on their grenades before throwing them, but I can't ever recall a movie or show (even some reasonably good ones) showing a German soldier igniting the fuse on his potato masher before throwing it. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph J. Whitehead Posted 8 December , 2004 Share Posted 8 December , 2004 Watch the Australian Movie, The Lighthorsemen, with Peter Phelps, Anthony Andrews, Tony Bonner, Sigrid Thornton, directed by Simon Wincer. The end scene has an attack against a Turkish controlled town, a wounded Turkish soldier pulls a stick grenade out, unscrews the cap and pulls the porcelain ball and string to ignite the fuze, one of the few I have seen as well. Another movie, Westfront 1918, in German with subtitles and I believe another is Stosstrupp 1917. Ralph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottsGreys Posted 8 December , 2004 Author Share Posted 8 December , 2004 Thanks Ralph--I'll look for that scene in The Lighthorsemen--the added bonus will be Sigrid Thornton (of the Snowy River movies fame). Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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