Stielhandgranate

Hand grenade

Stielhandgranate

Summary

Stielhandgranate is a series of World War I and World War II–era German hand grenade designs, also known as the Potato masher, Doorknocker, or Jam-pot and stick grenade, The first models were introduced by the Imperial German Army during World War I and the final design was introduced during World War II by the German Wehrmacht.

Originally created by TwoOneTwo

2/3/2004, 5:06:25 PM

Modified

6/9/2026, 1:40:01 AM

Recent revisions

Replace use of NG

~2026-32126-705/31/2026, 5:09:40 AM

/* Design */ Replaced comma with conjunction, added apostrophe to plural possessive suffix, expanded contraction, separated sentences

~2026-17680-523/21/2026, 1:03:48 AM

Adjusted the word lethal at the end of the Design Section for readability.

~2026-16662-803/17/2026, 9:54:54 AM

Changed a spelling mistake in the name of one of the versions of the grenade.

BenthicBomber3/9/2026, 6:36:51 PM

fixed grammar issue

DestroyerTom3/5/2026, 2:16:26 PM
~2026-11377-332/20/2026, 8:58:13 PM

/* Design */ **Morale in place of Moral -- the grenades affect enemy morale not their morals.

Dadao19452/19/2026, 8:07:50 PM

/* External links */

Dadao19452/19/2026, 12:36:14 PM

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RMCD bot2/18/2026, 6:46:55 PM

Removing notice of move discussion

Mr. Komori1/27/2026, 11:51:27 AM

/* German service */ less redundant wording

Mr. Komori1/25/2026, 8:27:49 PM

/* German service */ Clarify

Mr. Komori1/25/2026, 1:04:38 PM

/* Variants */ Fix page number

Mr. Komori1/25/2026, 12:59:30 PM

/* Users */ Add citation

Mr. Komori1/25/2026, 6:59:21 AM

/* German service */

Mr. Komori1/25/2026, 6:58:39 AM

/* Design */

Mr. Komori1/24/2026, 11:01:58 PM

Well, I think that pretty much covers the heavy lifting, removing tag

Mr. Komori1/24/2026, 10:46:30 PM

/* History */ [[MOS:REPEATLINK]]

Mr. Komori1/24/2026, 10:40:58 PM

/* German service */

Mr. Komori1/24/2026, 10:36:53 PM

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