shgr m/43 () is a Swedish stick grenade introduced during World War II.
History To catch up in the arms race leading to World War II, Sweden managed to purchase a large amount of German produced Stielhandgranate 24 in 1939, adopting it as the shgr m/39 (), including the practice model övnhgr m/39 () Such were painted in Swedish color markings.
Later shipments were produced in Sweden and included wartime changes, such as a metal pull cord and cheaper explosives such as nitrolite, with analog practice grenades: m/39, m/39A, m/39B and m/39C. These would remain in use until expended during the Cold War.
The German design was not ideal, promting the construction of an indigenous replacement design. This became the shgr m/43.
Design
The shgr m/43 borrowed the design of the German Stielhandgranate 24, which Sweden had purchased at the start of the war, featuring a hollow shaft with a pullcord for igniting the time-fuze.
It differed in a great number of areas to the m/39, such as having a full metal tube for the handle, a more rounded warhead, and other quality of life additions to the overall design, such as featuring fin-like nubs on the bottom screw to aid removal with gloves in winter warfare.
Some features were carried over from the m/39, such as the igniter and detonator, although later replaced with indigenous post-war designs.
Variants Two variants where produced, a wartime model, and a post-war model called m/43B.
The grenade head could be equipped with the sskal m/43 fragmentation sleeve ().
A dummy model, the blindhgr m/43,() also existed.
+ Technical data Model spränghandgranat m/43 (shgr m/43) spränghandgranat m/43 B (shgr m/43 B) Combustion igniter bränntändare m/39 without nipple, orbränntändare m/43 bränntändare m/43 Detonator sprängpatron m/39 (sptr m/39), orsprängpatron m/46 (sptr m/46) sprängpatron m/46 (sptr m/46) Weight Charge nitrolite pressed TNT Delay 4.5 s 4.5 s
See also List of World War II firearms of Germany List of German military equipment of World War II Model 39 grenade – German "egg" type hand grenade RGD-33 grenade – Early WWII Soviet stick grenade Splitterring – A fragmentation sleeve for the M24 and M43 M24 and M43 Type 98 grenade Type 67 hand grenade Type 77 hand grenade
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