13-040-916

NAME – Model 1916 Stick Grenade – Type A

NAME (NATIVE) – Stielhandgranate M 1916

COMMON NAMES – Potato Masher (Allies)

TYPE – Blast-type stick grenade

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Imperial Germany

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1916

LENGTH – 35.6 cm (14 in)

WIDTH (DIAMETER) – 7.3 cm (2.88 in)

WEIGHT – 0.816 kg (1 lb 13 oz)

EFFECT – Blast and light fragmentation

BURST RADIUS – 10 m (11 yards)

FUSE TYPE – friction wire pull igniter, Brennzünder 16 (B.Z. 16) with detonator

FUSE INITIATION – Pull string with porcelain ball in base of handle under cardboard cap

FUSE DELAY – 5.5 or 7 seconds

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

FILLER WEIGHT – 0.298 kg (10.5 oz)

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

AVERAGE RANGE – 45 m (49 yards)

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

MARKINGS – VOR GEBRAUCH SPRENGKAPSEL EINSETZEN [Before Use Insert Detonator] – Printed on explosive head in white block letters or on paper label pasted to head, 5.5 or 7 Sec. – Printed on wood handle in black impressed lettering

STATUS – Obsolete

SERVICE – Limited service with Imperial German military