DESCRIPTION. The head of this grenade is pear shaped, contains the hollow charge and is fitted with an impact cap at the forward end. (See fig. 313.) At the rear is the tail tube containing the graze fuze, detoantor and gaine. A short length of this tube is prerif-led. Attached to this tail tube by a shear pin is a thinner tube containing the propellant, percussion cap and shearing bolt.

The grenade is fired from the latest German Walther 27-mm signal pistol. In order to fite this grenade, the signal pistol is fitted with a 23-mm rifled linear, a special sight, and a folding butt.

OPERATION. The complete round is loaded into the signal pistol from the muzzle end. The propellant tube fits freely in the fore until the prerifled band hits the the muzzle. At that point the grenade has to be screwed into the rifling of the pistol. The grenade is safe until fired.

On firing, the propellant gases drive forward the shearing bolt which breaks the shear pin and the grenade is discharged. The graze fuze in the tail unit is armed by setback as the grenade leaves the pistol.

Figure 313 – Pz.W.K. 42 L.P. Hollow Charge Pistol Grenade