various Brennzünder for the german hand grenades

[bergler]

some spare time here due to the circumstances…...went through quite a few Things that I have, and thought to share a bit.

Here.....Brennzünder for the german Hand grenades, various variations. Mostly intended for egg grenade M39, but for stick M43 as well.

Note the differences:

1) main Body....brass, Aluminium and zinc
2) wingnut…...a few differend styles
3) protection caps...various versions

This is not an accumulation of all variations that existed in WW2, this is just what I have (and found amongst my Things)……

If you have other variations, pls post here! Could be interesting and informative, and something we do not have the time for in normal times…..

[bergler]

Standard BZE39, wingnut downwars, for egg M39. Standard small protection cap for time delay tube….

[bergler]

same as before, but wingnut turned upwards, to be used on egg M39 and Stick M43....

[bergler]

later Model, Brennzünder 40. Note the different style of the wingnut….to be osed on egg M39 and Stiel M43

[bergler]

earlier model of Brennzünder, intended for use with egg M39.

Hexagonal nut, brass main Body. Note the unique adaptor to take the Sprengkapsel / Detonator Np8......

[bergler]

same as before, but Aluminium Body, and Standard adaptor for Sprengkapsel Np8. Sprengkapsel attached here (inert of Course)…..

[bergler]

again early type of Brennzünder, Aluminium Body with four sided nut instead for hexagonal nut. Protection cap is a bigger plastic screw- on cap that covers a bigger area…..

[bergler]

and last but not least, a red Brennzünder 40 that had a different delay time. Main Body in brass. This one was used with different Luftwaffe ordonance like the Meldebüchse, Landungsrauchzeichen etc

I do not have and never had a yellow head. Cannot Show, should be shown in this list. Sorry ;-)

No more variations here. Now….up to you, gents!

[klarkon]

[bergler]

I like those a lot, thanks for adding here!

[bergler]

I was hoping for a bit of more interest here, Maybe not as interesting as I thought….

I am sure there is some interest, and some nice other Brennzünders to Show, so come on gents, write a few lines and Show what you got!

[Lutfen]

I was hoping for a bit of more interest here, Maybe not as interesting as I thought….

I am sure there is some interest, and some nice other Brennzünders to Show, so come on gents, write a few lines and Show what you got!

I’m definitely interested, and nice thread! I’ve got a random jumble of Brennzünders buried deep in storage. But I doubt that any are as good as the ones you have shown here.

Michael

[bergler]

I’m definitely interested, and nice thread! I’ve got a random jumble of Brennzünders buried deep in storage. But I doubt that any are as good as the ones you have shown here.

Michael

….mine were buried Deep down somewhere as well, but as we all have a bit of extra time now due to the circumstances, I dug some stuff up again. I was very surprised to see what I have, did not know ;-)
So I was surprised to see all the variations even in my "assortment", so thought to share those. Dig up yours as well, will be worthwile, I am sure! You will surprise yaself!

[EricS]

Nice thread Martin - I look forward to other contributions!

[Reiner]

Great thread, thank you!