Model 17 grenade

Hand grenade

German Empire
Austria-Hungary

WarsWorld War IProduction historyProduced1916–?SpecificationsMass318 g (0.701 lb)Length6 cm (2.4 in)Diameter4.6 cm (1.8 in)

FillingGun powder, aluminium and barium nitrate mixtureFilling weight32g

Detonation
mechanism

Friction, 5 seconds

The Model 17 Eierhandgranate (German for "egg hand grenade") is a small defensive and offensive hand grenade which was used by Germany during World War I. The average soldier could throw it 40 meters or farther. It was more portable than the heavier Kugelhandgranate and less awkward to handle than the stick grenade. The body of the grenade was initially smooth and thus difficult to hold so the design was modified with the addition of a raised band to provide better grip.

A similar grenade called the Model 39 grenade was later introduced by Germany and used in World War II.

References

Imperial German Eierhandgranate 1917, WWI
Passion & Compassion 1914-1918 : WW1 militaria and technical documentation - german grenades

Austro-Hungarian infantry weapons and equipment of World War I

Sidearms

Revolvers	Gasser M1870 (limited) Gasser-Kropatschek M1876 (limited) Rast & Gasser M1898
Pistols	Roth-Steyr M1907 Steyr-Pieper M1908 Steyr-Pieper M1909 Frommer Stop Steyr M1912 Mauser C96 (purchased) Dreyse M1907 (purchased)

Rifles

Domestic	Werndl-Holub M1867 (limited) Kropatschek M1886 (limited) Mannlicher M1886 Mannlicher M1888 Mannlicher M1890 Carbine Mannlicher M1893 Mannlicher M1895 Mannlicher–Schönauer Gewehr 1888 Steyr-Mauser M1912
Foreign	Berdan rifle (captured) Ottoman Mauser (in Ottoman Empire) Mosin-Nagant M1891 (captured) Carcano M1891 (captured) Type 30 (captured) Type 38 (captured)

Hand grenades

Machine guns

Domestic	Salvator-Dormus M1893 Schwarzlose M.7 Schwarzlose M.7/12
Foreign	Perino M1908 (captured) Maxim M1910 (captured) Fiat-Revelli M1914 (captured) Villar-Perosa M1915 (captured) Madsen (purchased) Montigny mitrailleuse (limited use)

Helmets

Other equipment

Hebel M1894 flare gun

v t e German infantry weapons of World War I
Sidearms	Luger pistol Langenhan pistol Mauser C96 Mauser Model 1914 Dreyse M1907 Beholla pistol M1879 Reichsrevolver
Rifles	Gewehr 98 Gewehr 1888 Mauser Modell 1907 Mondragón rifle Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr
Submachine guns	MP 18
Machine guns	MG 08 MG 08/15 MG 15nA Madsen
Grenades	Stielhandgranate Kugelhandgranate Model 17 grenade
Flamethrowers	Kleinflammenwerfer Grossflammenwerfer Flammenwerfer M.16. Wechselapparat
Cartridges	9mm Parabellum 7.63×25mm Mauser .32 ACP 10.6×25mmR 7.92x57mm Mauser 13.2mm TuF