Large rifle tank grenade

[hlynur76]

Hello all.

I have a rifle grenade that is ground dug piece from eastern front. Inside where detonator is located I spotted a maker marks and a date, "cpk" 1942.

Do you guys know who is a maker of this grenade?

[WWIIBuff]

Well, here in the state of California in the USA, "cpk" is short for the restaurant - California Pizza Kitchen.

But for your item, "cpk" was the manufacturer code for: Internationale Galalith-Gesellschaft Hoff & Co., Metallwaren / Munition, Hamburg-Harburg 1, Seehafenstraße 16 (HH)


I did not realize there are maker codes inside the stems of the gr.G.Pzgr. Now I am going to have to check all of mine.

[klarkon]

cpk was not a manufacturer of complete grenades, it only produced bakelite parts................

[WWIIBuff]

cpk was not a manufacturer of complete grenades, it only produced bakelite parts................

Thanks klarkon, I was wondering about that too, however their name does not appear on the short list I have for bakelite manufacturers, but now I can add them to it.

[klarkon]

I have 3 pieces of Große Gewehr-Panzergranate, bakelite parts were made by companies:
gbm - Vereinigte Isolatorenwerke A-G(Viacowerke), Berlin-Pankow, Wollankstraße 32-33
gds - Gebrüder Dahlhaus, Holzwarenfabrik,Kunstharzpresswerk. Schalksmühle/Wesfalen
lkd - Westfälische Metallwaren-Fabrik Christophery G.m.b.H., Iselrohn- Obere Mühle 57

[WWIIBuff]

Thanks for adding three more to the list klarkon. Four of mine do not have any markings at all, and two I cannot get to as they are in my display case, but one additional makers mark I can add from my last one is:
kfx - Preßwerk Winkel, Schulte & Conze, Herscheid (NW)

[KroniK]

I have the following:
2 x stamped, but no makers code
what looks like ggj, but I find no info on that one. The last letter is something elongated.
1943 gfc - Julius Posselt, Gablonz an der Neisse, Sudetenland
44 kfx - Preßwerk Winkel, Schulte & Conze, Herscheid (NW)
43 gbm - Vereinigte Isolatorenwerke A-G(Viacowerke), Berlin-Pankow, Wollankstraße 32-33
43 gds - Gebrüder Dahlhaus, Holzwarenfabrik,Kunstharzpresswerk. Schalksmühle/Wesfalen
1943 cpk - Internationale Galalith-Gesellschaft Hoff & Co., Metallwaren / Munition, Hamburg-Harburg 1, Seehafenstraße 16 (HH)
44 lkd - Westfälische Metallwaren-Fabrik Christophery G.m.b.H., Iselrohn- Obere Mühle 57

[klarkon]

ggj - Gebrüder Berker. Spezialfabrik für elektrotechnische Installations-Apparate, Schalksmühle, Westfalen.

[hlynur76]

Thanks for reply guys, interesting.

When did the German army start using them? 42 model must be early.

[klarkon]

Here you are !............................

2kOB.jpg

[klarkon]

https://imgway.cz/v/2kOB.jpg