Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page
Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page
Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page
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34 COMPANY OFFICER'S HANDBOOK<br />
Magazine well<br />
Magazne catc<br />
Magazlne housing<br />
Recoil-spring housing<br />
iThumb catcSafety notch<br />
Stamped "M.P.40"<br />
On top of receiver<br />
Locking pin<br />
Skeleton shoulder stock<br />
Figure 16.-Two views of the M.P. 40, showing skeleton shoulder stock folded (above).<br />
and open (below).<br />
18. GRENADES<br />
a. General<br />
<strong>The</strong> hand grenades used by the <strong>German</strong> <strong>Army</strong> are all of the<br />
"offensive" type: that is, they have' a thin metal casing with a<br />
high proportion of explosive filler. Being of this type, they depend<br />
on blast effect instead of on the fragmentation of the case as in the<br />
U.S. "defensive-type" Mills grenades. <strong>German</strong> hand grenades can<br />
be used safely by troops advancing erect in the open, because they<br />
can be thrown beyond their effective radius. <strong>The</strong> model 24 (fig. 18)<br />
and the model PH 39 stick-type, or "potato masher"-type, hand<br />
grenades are used more often than the "egg"-type, and may be considered<br />
the standard hand grenades of the <strong>German</strong> <strong>Army</strong>. Several<br />
types of rifle and pistol grenades, some of which can also be used<br />
alternatively as hand grenades, are also in use (see fig. 19, p. 36).
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