The Propaganda-Gewehrgranate was a non-lethal rifle grenade designed to deliver propaganda leaflets that was developed by Nazi Germany, Germany and used by the Wehrmacht during World War II.

Design

The Propaganda-Gewehrgranate was launched from a Schiessbecher, Gewehrgranatengerät or Schiessbecher ("shooting cup") on a standard service rifle by a blank cartridge and consisted of a cylindrical steel body with a rifled driving band, and a removable nose cap. The coiled leaflets were held loosely by two steel packing covers inside the projectile's case. On firing, the flash from the blank cartridge ignites a Fuze#Time_fuze, time fuze and after approximately 9 seconds the ejecting charge at the base of the grenade explodes, driving the ejecting platform and packing covers forward unseating the nose cap and scattering the leaflets. Maximum range was .

Photo Gallery

File:Schiessbecher & rifle grenade (Gewehr Panzergranaten).png, Drawings of German ''Schiessbecher'' and grenades. File:Hel - Museum of Coastal Defence - Collections 52.jpg, A surviving ''Propaganda-Gewehrgranate'' at the Museum of Coastal Defence at Hel, Poland.

References

{{WWIIGermanInfWeapons Grenades of Germany Rifle grenades World War II weapons of Germany