Stielhandgranate



"Stielhandgranates? Stick hand grenades?! Geez! I thought these things are just past, but now it's being used as of today! Darn. I guess this would end up being use in all three world wars."

--Su Ji-Hoon, The Return of Nazism

A Stielhandgranate (German for "stalk hand grenade") was a German hand grenade of unique design. It was the standard issue of the German Empire during World War I, and became the infamous issue of Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht during World War II. The very distinctive appearance led to it being called a "stick grenade," or "potato masher" in British Army slang, and is today one of the most easily recognized infantry weapons of the 20th century.

In When the Cold Breeze Blows Away, it's a standard grenade of the Wehrmacht of the Nazi Union. This grenade can attack and kill enemies like frag grenades, but these can have type of Stielhandgranaten: anti-tank Stielhandgranaten and normal Stielhandgranaten.

In World War III, only the Nazi Union's Wehrmacht forces, the Schnee Sturmtruppen and the Waffen Schnee can use the Stielhandgranate but some of the United States Army can use the Stielhandgranate, and even the Grand Alliance too.

It is made in all three World Wars (World Wars I, II and III).

Origins
Germany entered World War I with a single grenade design: a heavy 750-gram (26 oz) ball-shaped fragmentation grenade (Kugelhandgranate) for use only by pioneers in attacking fortifications. It was too heavy for regular use on the battlefield by untrained troops and not suitable for mass production. This left Germany without a standard-issue grenade and improvised designs similar to those of the British were used until a proper grenade could be supplied.