M24 Grenade or Stielhandgranate (German for stick hand grenade) was a German hand grenade distinguished by its wooden handle. It was a standard grenade for the German Empire during World War I, and Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht during World War II. Its distinctive appearance led to it being called a stick grenade, or potato masher in British Army slang, and it remains one of the most easily recognized infantry weapons of the 20th century.\Completed within A 6 Hrs. cant get the actual quality due to low Laptop config still tried my best to do it.Germany introduced the stick grenade in 1915, the second year of the conflict. Aside from its unusual appearance, the Stielhandgranate used a friction igniter system. This had been used in other German grenades, but was uncommon internationally.

During World War I, the Stielhandgranate, under the name M1915 (Model 1915), competed technologically with the British standard-issue Mills bomb series. The first Mills bomb – the grenade No. 5 Mk. 1 – was introduced the same year as the German Model 1915, but due to manufacturing delays it was not widely distributed into general service until 1916. Thus, there was a small period of time where German troops had large supplies of new Model 1915 grenades, while their British opponents only had a small number.

As World War I progressed, the Model 1915 Stielhandgranate was improved with various changes. These variants received designations such as the Model 1916 and the Model 1917.

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