Spränghandgranat m/43
| Spränghandgranat m/43 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Grenade |
| Place of origin | Sweden |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1943 |
The shgr m/43 (Swedish: Spränghandgranat m/43, lit. 'Explosive hand grenade m/43')[1] is the Swedish indigenous variant of the Stielhandgranate hand grenade.
History
To catch up in the arms race leading to WWII, Sweden managed to purchase a large amount of German produced M24s in 1939.
Later shipments included wartime changes to the grenades, such as a metal pull cord and cheaper explosives such as nitrolite, leading to four designs in use eventually: m/39, m/39A, m/39B and m/39C.[2] These would remain in use until expended during the Cold War.[3]
Along the M24s, the exercise "Übungs-Stielhandgranate 24" variant was also purchased, being adopted as the övnhgr m/39 (Swedish: Övningshandgranat m/39, lit. 'Practice hand grenade m/39').[1] They were painted according to Swedish color code with a blue stripe to indicate exercise charge. German ones were painted red.[4] Later on, the övnhgr m/39s were modified to use more modern exercise charges, receiving suffix letters per upgrade,[2] eventually resulting in the övnhgr m/39C.[3]
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Swedish spränghandgranat m/39 (shgr m/39)
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Swedish övningshandgranat m/39 (övnhgr m/39)
Design
The Spränghandgranat m/43 features a pull cord through the handle for arming the time-fuze, but also differing in a great number of areas, such as having a full metal tube for the handle, a more rounded warhead, and other quality of life additions to the overall design.[2]
Users
See also
- List of World War II firearms of Germany
- List of German military equipment of World War II
- Model 15 Stielhandgranate
- Model 24 Stielhandgranate
- Model 43 Stielhandgranate
- Model 39 grenade – German "egg" type hand grenade
- RGD-33 grenade – Early WWII Soviet stick grenade
- Splitterring – A fragmentation sleeve for the M24 and M43
- Type 67 hand grenade
- Type 77 hand grenade
- Spränghandgranat 07
References
- ^ a b "VI: S-, övnhgr.". Amregister, Ammunitionsregister för armén (in Swedish) (1942 ed.). Stockholm, Sweden: Ammunitionsavdelningen vid tygdepartementets 1. materialbyrå.
- ^ a b c "VI: S-, övnhgr.". Amregister, Ammunitionsregister för armén (in Swedish) (1942 (1944 changes) ed.). Stockholm, Sweden: Ammunitionsavdelningen vid tygdepartementets 1. materialbyrå.
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