Forgotten: The German Egg Hand Grenade of WW2
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Play World of Warships here: https://wo.ws/46V9G57 Thank you World of Warships for sponsoring this video. During registration use the code BRAVO to get for free: 500 doubloons, 1.5 million credits, 7 Days of Premium Account time, and a ship! Applicable to new users only. In this video we look at the Eihandgranate 39 (Egg Hand Grenade), while everyone thinks that the German stick hand grenade ("potato masher") was the typical German hand grenade in World War 2, the egg hand grenade was produced actually in larger numbers. In this video we look at the characteristics of the grenade, army regulations and production numbers. Disclosure: This video is sponsored by free-to-play game World of Warships. Thank you to the Forum Wehrgeschichte Oberösterreich for inviting me. »» GET OUR BOOKS «« » Stukabook - Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber - http://stukabook.com » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com » Achtung Panzer? Zur Panzerwaffe der Wehrmacht - http://panzerkonferenz.de »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized »» SOURCES «« Reibert, W.: Reibert: Der Dienst-Unterricht im Heere. Ausgabe für den Schützen der Schützenkompanie. 13. Auflage, E.S. Mittler & Sohn: Berlin, Germany, 1943. Oberkommando des Heeres: Allgemeine Heeresmitteilungen, 7. Jahrgang, Blatt 8, 8. April 1940. Oberkommando des Heeres, Abt. für Allgemeine Truppenangelegenheiten: Berlin, Germany, 1940. OKH AHA/Stab: Heerestechnisches Verordnungsblatt, 2. Jahrgang, 20. Ausgabe, 15. Oktober 1944. Reichsdruckerei: Berlin, Germany, 1944. Oberkommando des Heeres: Heeres-Verordnungsblatt. Teil C. Blatt 10. 25. Jahrgang, 19. Ausgabe. 1943. Reichsdruckerei: Berlin, Germany, 1943. Altrichter, Friedrich: Der Reserveoffizier. Ein Handbuch für den Offizier und Offizieranwärter des Beurlaubtenstandes aller Waffen. Vierzehnte, durchgesehene Auflage, Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn: Berlin, Germany, 1941. Kühlwein, Fitz: Die Gruppe im Gefecht. (Die neue Gruppe). Elfte, völlig neubearbeitete Auflage, E.S. Mittler & Sohn: Berlin, Germany, 1940. H.Dv. 130/2a: Ausbildungsvorschrift für die Infanterie. Heft 2a: Die Schützenkompanie. (Entwurf). Nachdruck mit eingearbeiten Berichtigungen gemäß H.M. 41 Nr. 189 u. H.V.Bl. (C) Nr. 890, Verlag „Offene Worte“: Berlin, Germany, 1942. Fleischer, Wolfgang: Deutsche Nahkampfmittel Munition, Granaten und Kampfmittel bis 1945. Motorbuch Verlag: Stuttgart, Germany, 2018. Payne, Craig M.: Principles of Naval Weapon Systems. Second Edition, Naval Institute Press: Annapolis, Maryland, USA, 2010. 00:00 Intro 00:46 World of Warships 01:54 Eihandgranate 1939 03:03 Blast vs. Fragmentation 04:49 Fragmentation Sleeve & Ring 06:36 US Army Sources 07:04 Inside Look 07:33 Technical Data 09:01 Production 11:09 Summary 11:41 Get Free Goodies #sponsored #handgrenade #ww2
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