INERT DEACTIVATED. German, WW2, 1944 Dated, 3cm High Explosive (HE) (G.Spgr Gewehr Sprenggranate) Rifle Grenade / Hand Grenade. Sn - 21616 INERT DEACTIVATED. German, WW2, 1944 Dated, 3cm High Explosive (HE) (G.Spgr Gewehr Sprenggranate) Rifle Grenade / Hand Grenade. Sn - 21616 Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a German WW2 3cm high explosive rifle grenade for the K98 rifle. The grenade was launched from a special pre rifled cup discharger fitted to the muzzle of the K98 rifle and the grenade with a pre rifled bakelite base was inserted before firing with a special blank cartridge. This grenade has the early adaption of being fitted with a pull friction primer in the base which is revealed by unscrewing the pre rifled bakelite base which has embossed inside aux (Polte-Werk, Magdeburg) - Click here to reveal phone number - ate) and pulling the small bakelite cylindrical knob attached to a pull string which activated the primer giving a delay of approximately 4.5 seconds. The grenade retains much of its original green painted finish and is fitted with a steel percussion nose fuze with a bakelite plunger. The fuze is stamped round its circumference AZ 50/1 and wa 59. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this grenade in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21616