Model 17 Stielhandgranate

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Model 17 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade

The Model 17 Stielhandgrante was the last stick grenade developed and used by German forces and the armies of Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire during World War One. The difference to the Model 16 was that the M17 had a slender warhead without lid. After the war this grenade was used by the Reichswehr until it was replaced in 1924 by the Model 24, which removed the star-shaped grip added to the base of the end cap and deleted the belt clip on the head. Several countries copied this type like Bulgaria and Finland (Varsikranaatti M32).

Specifications

Type: Hand-grenade

Total Weight: 750 g

Weight explosives: 200 g

Total length: 360 mm

Explosive: Tolit

Igniter: time, friction

Fuse Time: 5.5 seconds

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The Model 17 Stielhandgranate appears in the following films, television series, and video games used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Westfront 1918	Gustav Diessl	Karl		1930
		German soldiers
Hell on Earth		German soldier		1931
Mountains on Fire		Austrian soldiers		1931
Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor (Ivan Nikulin - Russkiy Matros)		German soldiers		1944
Ryan's Daughter	John Mills	Michael		1970
The Lighthorsemen		Turkish soldier		1987
The Quest		A Turk smuggler		1996
The Red Baron		German soldier		2008
War Horse	Sebastian Hülk	German soldier		2011
		German troops

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note/Episode	Date
Combat!	Ricardo Montalban	French Resistance leader Barbu	S05E17 ("Cadjo")	1962-1967
		German soldiers
Anzacs	Alec Wilson	Alec "Pudden" Parsons		1985
		German soldiers

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Notation	Release Date
Battlefield: 1918			2004
The Great War 1918		only as Geballte Ladung	2013
Verdun	"Stielhandgranate M1917"	with 6 and 9 warheads	2015

See Also

Stielhandgranate World War One Model 15   •  Model 16  •  Model 17 World War Two Model 24  •  Model 43