Spränghandgranat m/43
Spränghandgranat m/43 (shgr m/43; "high-explosive hand grenade model 1943") is a Swedish stick grenade introduced during World War II. It borrowed the design of the German Stielhandgranate 24, which Sweden had purchased at the start of the war, featuring a hollow shaft with a pullcord for igniting the time-fuze. == History == To catch up in the arms race leading to World War II, Sweden managed to purchase a large amount of German produced Stielhandgranate 24 in 1939, adopting it as the spränghandgranat m/39 (shgr m/39; "high-explosive hand grenade model 1939"), including the Übungs-Stielhandgranate 24 practice model: övningshandgranat m/39 (övnhgr m/39; "practice hand grenade m/39") Such were painted in Swedish color markings.