Spränghandgranat m/43

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The shgr m/43 () 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. These would remain in use until expended during the Cold War.

Along the M24s, the exercise "Übungs-Stielhandgranate 24" variant was also purchased, being adopted as the övnhgr m/39 (). They were painted according to Swedish color code with a blue stripe to indicate exercise charge. German ones were painted red. Later on, the övnhgr m/39s were modified to use more modern exercise charges, receiving suffix letters per upgrade, eventually resulting in the övnhgr m/39C.

File:Spränghandgranat m39.png|Swedish spränghandgranat m/39 (shgr m/39) File:Övningshandgranat m39.png|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.

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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