Thomas W Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 (edited) Grenade-launcher squad of Sturmbataillon Nr. 6: Edited December 20, 2009 by Thomas W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 (edited) Modified grenade launcher used by the Garde-Reserve-Pionier-Regiment. It had lightening holes cut in the base, and the steel base plate was eliminated. This cut the weight in half. Note the carrying frame made of wood. Edited December 20, 2009 by Thomas W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 Very interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 (edited) The entire flamethrower-pioneer rig for the Granatenwerfer 16, from left to right: a. crate containing 12 grenades, with a sandbag on a sling lying on top of the crate; b. grenade launcher in its wooden carrying frame; the pole leaning on the case is used to adjust the grenade launcher by pushing or pulling it along the ground; c. the launcher base plate, which has been severely chopped down in order to reduce weight. Each platoon of the Garde-Reserve-Pionier-Regiment was armed with one grenade launcher, for a total of three per company and 12 per regiment. Edited December 20, 2009 by Thomas W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Super photos and information! Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Photo of the 37th Brigade assault school, July of 1917. The stamp on the back is from the 12th Company of Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 74. Note the French Chauchat machine rifle held by the trooper on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Bulgarian grenade-launcher squad, Battle of Doiran, September of 1918: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 (edited) Artillerymen of 7. Sächsisches Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 77 attending a grenade-launcher course in Zeithain: Edited December 23, 2009 by Thomas W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Weird photo that shows a grenade launcher on the right and its base plate in the foreground, with German and French helmets, ammo boxes and drums for the MG 08/15, a small propellant tank for flamethrowers, some kind of hose with an attachment on the end, and some kind of machinery with a framework made of metal rods. The handwritten message on the back says "Destroyed German machine-gun nest," but I don't know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Photo taken from an album compiled by an officer in the American Field Service, the volunteer ambulance drivers who served in France. The handwritten caption on the back says "Percy Wannamaker and a French torpille (pronounced 'torpil.'). I took this in front of our second post at Constantine." Actually, it's a German Wurfgranate 16, for the grenade launcher we're discussing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 One of these photos shows a rather oversized TM but the Granatenwerfer 16 photo has a good pic of the plain, simple base plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 Am working on a page with irish gunner... thought I would give a little pic preview... all in legal condition for country of residence.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 Left a rare bavarian one from the firm "Bing".. right is the usual one from Wolff in Berlin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 The 15 mdl munition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 16 munition variations... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 a very rare projectile used between the 15 and 16 model munition. This one dated June 1916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 Another rare pice, a relic condition 17 model munition. usually used with an outer sleeve as a form of bouncing bomb... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 flares Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Am working on a page with irish gunner... thought I would give a little pic preview... all in legal condition for country of residence.... You should have posted these for me sooner, Chris. Seeing the real thing really helps make sense of the firing procedure. After I wrote the draft, I went back to look at the original photos at the beginning of this thread; after getting into the details of the weapon, the photos really came to life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakegoodman Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Remarkably detailed photos - a very handy reference source. Thanks for postin' them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 I could use one of these in the backyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakegoodman Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 I could use one of these in the backyard. We all could. There's a fellow here in Victoria with a Minenwerfer mailbox! Linkage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 Here you go http://www.kaiserscross.com/246801/246822.html Thanks to Irish Gunner, TomW it is up and running....... Soon to come, a photo section..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Here you go http://www.kaiserscr...801/246822.html Thanks to Irish Gunner, TomW it is up and running....... Soon to come, a photo section..... Page looks great with the photo layout! Well done. :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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