13-040-915

NAME – Model 1915 Impact Stick Grenade

NAME (NATIVE) – Stielhandgranate Aufschlagzünder mit Löffelsicherung (poppenberg’sche aufschlagzündung) [Stick hand grenade impact detonator with spoon fuse (Poppenberg impact detonation)]

COMMON NAMES – Poppenberg’s Impact Ignition, Poppenberg Grenade

TYPE – Blast-type hand grenade with impact fuze

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1915

LENGTH – 35.2 cm (13.88 in)

WIDTH (DIAMETER) – 5.4 cm (2.13 in)

WEIGHT – 0.907 kg (2 lb)

EFFECT – Blast and light fragmentation

BURST RADIUS – 10 m (9 yards), 50 to 100 m (55 to 109 yards) danger area

FUSE TYPE – Poppenberg “All-Ways” impact pull ring/safety lever with igniter

FUSE INITIATION – Impact

FUSE DELAY – None

FILLER – German Military Powder – Ammonal variant (78% Ammonium Nitrate, 15% Tolite {TNT}, 3% Nitroglycerine, 4% Sawdust)

FILLER WEIGHT – 0.30 kg (10.6 oz)

FILLER EQUIVALENT TO TNT (R.E.) – 0.83

AVERAGE RANGE – 45 m (49 yards)

COLOR CODE – Olive-drab metal head, plain wood handle, green-painted metal components, white markings

MARKINGS – VOR GEBRAUCH SPRENGKAPSEL EINSETZEN [Before Use Insert Detonator] – Printed on explosive head in white block letters

STATUS – Obsolete

SERVICE – Limited use by Imperial German military

      The fuze design of this grenade proved to be unreliable, particularly in the bad environment of the trenches. As a result, it was not issued for very long and was almost unknown by 1916