No. 34 Egg Grenade

Story of Egg 34 Grenade

In 1917, the British Army introduced a new grenade called the "No. 34". No. 34 is the new "Type 1917 Eierhandgranate" grenade launched by the Bundeswehr earlier this year.

The Eihandgranate proved to be a small, highly portable grenade with a pull-cord feature that was more useful than the usual 1915 Type 24 "Stielhandgranate" ("hand grenade"). The British then designed the No.

34 grenade, which had a teardrop-like fuselage with a smooth outer surface and a pull-wire function. Additionally, its compact size allows one person to carry several forwards, while its light weight increases casting range.

At its core, the 34 uses an internal shock delay safety mechanism. The weapon relies on the user to remove a pin and then drop the grenade against a hard surface to operate the internal piston assembly. The butt then dropped on a wire, cut it off and fired the primer.

The primer starts the retard igniter, which is designed to burn into the igniter. From there, the operator had to throw the grenade at the desired target area or be wounded.

No. 34 released four major versions, Mk I, Mk II, Mk III and Mk IV.

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