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German Hand & Rifle Grenades
Bulletin No. 59, March 7, 1944
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German Rifle Grenade Propelling Cartridges

Cartridge for German Name Powder Filling
Nz.T.P.
(1.4;2;0,5/0;25)
grams		 Marking Used only by Remarks
1. Large A.P. Grenade G.Treib.Patr. fur Gr.G.Pzgr.         1.9 Black Wooden Bullet Large A.P. Grenade  
2. Propaganda Grenade G.Kart.fur G.Propgr.         1.7 Red Ring Propaganda Crenade In the future to be used only for Rifle Propaganda Grenade.
3. Propaganda Grenade (Old Type) G.Kart. (Alter Art) fur G.Propgr.         1.7 2 mm Wide Red Ring on Neck of Cartridge case. Propaganda Grenade Obsolete
4. Small A.P. Grenade G.Kart. fur G.Pzgr.         1.1 Black ring A.P. Grenade Packed attached to Grenade
5. Small A.P. Grenade G.Kart. (Alter Art) fur G.Pzgr.         1.1 Black ring (Partly) Small A.P. Grenade Obsolete
6. H.E. Grenade G.Kart. fur G.Sprgr.         1.0 Yellow ring H.E. Grenade (288 g.) In the future to be used only for H.E. Grenade
7. H.E. Grenade (Old Type) G.Kart. (Alter Art) fur G.Sprgr.         1.0 Yellow ring (Partly) H.E. Grenade (288 g.) Obsolete
8. H.E. Grenade (Old Type) G.Kart. (Alter Art) fur G.Sprgr.         0.85   H.E. Grenade (288 g.) Packed attached to Grenade.

 

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