The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A hand made stick grenade used by the Viet Cong. The handle is made of bamboo and has a friction ignition cord, which runs down the centre of the handle. When this was pulled it would ignite a fuse and detonate the grenade after a short time delay.
The Stick grenade consists of a hollow wooden handle attached to a thin sheet metal head that contains the high explosive bursting charge. The grenade uses friction ignition using a cord that runs fro
SOUTH VIETNAM. 1967. UNITED STATES (US) AND VIET CONG (VC)/NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY (NVA) HAND GRENADES. LEFT TO RIGHT: A UNITED STATES M26 DEFENSIVE HAND GRENADE; A VC PULL FRICTION DELAY FUSE GRENADE;
The stick hand grenade Type 24 (Stielhandgranate) was the standard hand grenade of the German Army at the beginning of the Second World War. The head of the grenade is made of a thin steel casing cont
Model 1924 [Stielgranate 24 (StiGr 24)] stick hand grenade made from metal and wood. The grenade has a wooden handle that is hollowed out in the middle to contain the fusing mechanism. The warhead is
EXPLOSIVES (TNT) TIED TO A BAMBOO STICK WITH A DETONATION CORD - PROBABLY A VIET CONG BOOBY TRAP.
Australian Army engineers serving in Vietnam this week took a close look at Communist Viet Cong weapons handed to them for disposal after they had been captured by troops of the 5th Battalion, Royal A
