For years I keep reading small bits of information about this type of WW2 era rifle grenade.
At the end of 1939 Brandt developed also a 50mm HEAT rifle grenade. It had a range of about 100m and an armor penetration of 40mm. It entered in production during May 1940 and was successfully tested at the Satory test range on June 10, 1940 but they could not be issued to the combat units before the armistice. The documents related to these works were sent to the USA in June 1940 and were in some extend used as basis to develop the M9 AT rifle grenade and the HEAT rocket of the Bazookas. The Brandt HEAT rifle grenade was also secretly produced in France at 300,000 pieces (under the name grenade M-41) in the free zone and issued to Vichy forces. Several partisans groups used them in 1944.
For the HEAT grenade, a speicific "manchon" was added at the end of the barrel to fit/twist the grenade on it. In Stéphane Ferrard's book there is a photo of this grenade.
Anybody heard of this? Did any new details surface so far?
At the end of 1939 Brandt developed also a 50mm HEAT rifle grenade. It had a range of about 100m and an armor penetration of 40mm. It entered in production during May 1940 and was successfully tested at the Satory test range on June 10, 1940 but they could not be issued to the combat units before the armistice. The documents related to these works were sent to the USA in June 1940 and were in some extend used as basis to develop the M9 AT rifle grenade and the HEAT rocket of the Bazookas. The Brandt HEAT rifle grenade was also secretly produced in France at 300,000 pieces (under the name grenade M-41) in the free zone and issued to Vichy forces. Several partisans groups used them in 1944.
For the HEAT grenade, a speicific "manchon" was added at the end of the barrel to fit/twist the grenade on it. In Stéphane Ferrard's book there is a photo of this grenade.
Anybody heard of this? Did any new details surface so far?