For special demolition, antitank, and antipillbox work, the heads of six model 24 or model PH 39 stick grenades can be removed from their handles and fastened securely around a seventh stick grenade from which the handle is not removed (see figs. 29 and 30). The whole can then be used as a convenient concentrated charge (geballte Ladung) for the above purposes.
Figure 29.—Concentrated charge (geballte Ladung) made from several stick
grenades. (This charge is used for demolition purposes.)
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Figure 30.—(1) Stick grenade antipersonnel mine. (This mine is
improvised from the head of a stick grenade and pressure igniter 35
(Druckzünder 35, D.Z. 35), which is screwed into the
head of the grenade.) (2) Stick grenade cluster mine. (This mine is
a variation of mine (1).) (3) Cross section of pressure igniter 35
(Druckzünder 35, D.Z. 35).
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Bangalore torpedoes for blowing paths through barbed wire can also be made by binding the desired number of grenade heads behind one another on a long stick or board (see fig. 31); the grenade nearest the operator is complete with handle and detonator, and to it is attached a long wire or cord.
Figure 31.—Stick grenades used as Bangalore torpedo.
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14 See TM 5-325, "Enemy Land Mines and Booby Traps" (April 19, 1943),
pp. 1-96 , for detailed information on the construction of German land
mines and booby traps, many of which are made from grenades.