13-040-917

NAME – Model 1917 Stick Grenade

NAME (NATIVE) – Stielhandgranate M 1917

COMMON NAMES – Potato Masher (Allies)

TYPE – Blast-type stick grenade

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Imperial Germany

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1917

LENGTH – 34 cm (13.4 in)

WIDTH (DIAMETER) – 6 cm (2.36 in)

WEIGHT – 0.82 kg (29 oz)

EFFECT – Blast and light fragmentation

BURST RADIUS – 10 m (11 yards)

FUSE TYPE – friction wire pull igniter, Brennzünder 17 (B.Z. 17) with detonator

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

FUSE DELAY – 5.5 or 7 seconds

FILLER – TNT

FILLER WEIGHT – 0.17 kg (6 oz)

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, 5.5 or 7 Sec. – Printed on wood handle in black impressed lettering

STATUS – Obsolete

SERVICE – German military service