Propaganda-Gewehrgranate Explained

Propaganda-Gewehrgranate
Type:Rifle grenade
Is Ranged:yes
Is Explosive:no
Is Artillery:no
Is Missile:yes
Used By:Wehrmacht
Wars:World War II
Weight:8abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Length:5.7abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Max Range:500abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Filling:Propaganda leaflets
Filling Weight:7abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Detonation:Time fuze

The Propaganda-Gewehrgranate was a non-lethal rifle grenade designed to deliver propaganda leaflets that was developed by Germany and used by the Wehrmacht during World War II.

Design

The Propaganda-Gewehrgranate was launched from a Gewehrgranatengerät or Schiessbecher ("shooting cup") on a standard service rifle by a blank cartridge and consisted of a cylindrical steel body with a rifled driving band, and a removable nose cap. The coiled leaflets were held loosely by two steel packing covers inside the projectile's case. On firing, the flash from the blank cartridge ignites a time fuze and after approximately 9 seconds the ejecting charge at the base of the grenade explodes, driving the ejecting platform and packing covers forward unseating the nose cap and scattering the leaflets. Maximum range was 500abbr=onNaNabbr=on.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: unknown. Catalog Of Enemy Ordnance Material. Office of the chief of ordnance. 1 August 1945. www.paperlessarchives.com/FreeTitles/CatalogOfEnemyOrdnanceMateriel.pdf. 318.