Stielhangranate

Learn about the Stielhandgranate, also known as the stick grenade or potato masher, in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Discover its stats, historical context, and tactical uses.

The Stielhandgranate, commonly called the stick grenade or potato masher by Allied soldiers, is a German hand grenade with a distinctive stick handle. While standard fragmentation grenades are effective against infantry and entrenched positions, they are less effective against armored vehicles. However, the Stielhandgranate, due to its availability and potential for modification, could be used as an improvised anti-tank weapon.

Stats:

• Range: Medium
• Rate of Fire: Medium
• Damage: Very High
• Mobility: Very Fast

Historical Information:

The Stielhandgranate 24 featured a time fuse activated by unscrewing the bottom and pulling a safety cord. It weighed 480g and had an overall length of 35.6cm. The warhead, measuring 7.5cm long and 6cm in diameter, contained 165g of explosives. The cylindrical warhead was also available separately as the Handgranate 43, which could be used as a mine when combined with a pressure-activated trigger.

A popular improvised anti-tank weapon was the "Geballte Ladung" ("forceful/big charge"), which combined one Stielhandgranate 24 with six Handgranate 43 warheads. This configuration resembled a flower and was used as a makeshift explosive bundle.

To enhance fragmentation, "shrapnel rings" (Splitterringe) could be attached to the warhead, a technique copied from Russian RGD 33 hand grenades. A total of 81 million Stielhandgranate 42 and Handgranate 43 units were produced.