1940 Wehrmacht Stielhandgranate-24, Inert-Grenade
Price: $1200
BUY / RESERVE THIS ITEMDescription: An untouched original piece throughout; both the wood handle & inert-explosive head both being marked’ WaA562’+ ‘R564’ & ‘1940’. The inert-explosive head retains all its original feldgrün paint and full stenciled fuse nomenclature. Full internal pull cord & porcelain ball. A solid, unmolested example that would be hard to upgrade!
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 all contained TNT with a four to five second time delay fuse and had an effective radius of approximately twelve to fourteen yards.
