# Splitterring

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Accessory for German WWII grenades

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Stiehlandgranate 43 with Splitterring mounted

The **Splitterring** (German compound combining *Splitter* (splinter or fragment) and *Ring* (ring)) was a fragmentation sleeve for the [M24](/source/Model_24_grenade) and [M43](/source/Model_43_grenade) stick [grenades](/source/Grenade), developed by the *[Heer](/source/German_Army_(Wehrmacht))* in 1942. German stick grenades had only a thin steel casing surrounding the [explosive](/source/Explosive) charge, which relied principally on blast for effect; the addition of a *Splitterring* gave it greatly increased anti-personnel fragmentation ability.

A *Splitterring* was also developed for the never issued *[Panzerfaust](/source/Panzerfaust)* 150 anti-tank weapon late in World War II. Combined with a time delay detonation of the *[Panzerfaust](/source/Panzerfaust)* 150's projectile, it enabled the weapon to achieve [air bursts](/source/Air_burst) above troops' positions.[1]

## Background

[Concussion grenades](/source/Hand_grenade#Concussion) are best used in enclosed spaces such as buildings or [bunkers](/source/Bunker), which contain the blast for maximum effect; [anti-personnel fragmentation grenades](/source/Hand_grenade#Fragmentation) are designed to be effective against personnel in the open. The *Splitterring* was a simple cylindrical steel sleeve, with either a smooth or serrated surface, clipped in place over the head of a stick grenade with three keepers around the base, and secured with a tension ring. This easy modification allowed a single type of grenade to be manufactured and carried by soldiers, whereas other nations often produced separate types of concussion and anti-personnel grenades.

A similar sleeve was fitted as a standard item to the [Soviet](/source/Soviet_Union) [RGD-33 Grenade](/source/RGD-33_Grenade).

## Sources

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** *Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck* by Rottman, Gordon L. Shumate, Johnny, pp. 24.

v t e German firearms and light weapons of World War II Sidearms Mauser C96 Luger Walther P38 Walther PP and PPK Sauer 38H Mauser HSc Dreyse M1907 Pistol Volkspistole Rifles and carbines FG 42 Gewehr 29/40(ö) Gewehr 98/40 Gewehr 41 Gewehr 43/Karabiner 43 Grossfuss Sturmgewehr Karabiner 98k M30 Luftwaffe Drilling MKb 42(W) / MKb 42(H) Spz MP 43/MP 44/StG 44 StG 45(M) VG 1-5 Submachine guns MP 18/MP 28 MP 34(ö) MP 35 MP 36 MP 38/MP 40 MP 41 MP 3008 Erma EMP EMP 44 Machine guns MG 08 s.MG 7/12(ö) MG 13 MG 15 MG 17 l.MG 26(t) l.MG 30(t) MG 30(ö) MG 34 MG 39 Rh MG 42 MG 45 MG 81 MG 131 MG 35/36A Other larger weapons Faustpatrone Puppchen Panzerfaust Panzerschreck Fliegerfaust/Luftfaust Flammenwerfer 35 Flammenwerfer 41 Einstossflammenwerfer 46 Panzerbüchse 39 Solothurn S-18/1000 VMG 1927 Zf.Ger.38 Infantry mortars 5 cm leGrW 36 8 cm GrW 34 kz 8 cm GrW 42 12 cm GrW 42 Grenade launchers Kampfpistole Leuchtpistole 34 Leuchtpistole 42 Schiessbecher Sturmpistole Grenades Blendkörper 1H Blendkörper 2H Fallschirm Leuchtpatrone Gewehr-Panzergranate Gross Gewehr-Panzergranate Gewehr-Granatpatrone 40 Gross Panzergranate 46 & 61 Gewehr-Sprenggranate Hafthohlladung Stielhandgranate 24 Model 1939 Eihandgranate Model 1943 Stielhandgranate Multi-Star Signal Cartridge Nebelpatrone Panzerwurfkörper 42 Panzerwurfmine Propaganda-Gewehrgranate Shaving Stick Grenade Splitterring Sprengpatrone Wurfgranate Patrone 326 Wurfkörper 361 Notable foreign-made weapons Modele 1935A as Pistole 625(f) Kongsberg Colt as Pistole 657(n) Browning Hi-Power as Pistole 640(b) M1911 as Pistole 660(a) PPSh-41 as MP 717(r) Radom wz. 35 Vis as Pistole 645(p) Puška vz. 24 as Gewehr 24(t) Puška vz. 33 as Gewehr 33/40(t) Lewis gun as leMG 137(e) Bren light machine gun as leMG 138(e) Kulomet vz. 37 as leMG 148(j) or MG 37(t) Rkm wz. 28 (BAR) as l.MG 154/1(p) or l.MG 154/2(p) or l.MG 28(p) Beretta Model 38/42 as MP 738(i) ZB vz. 26 as leMG 146/1(j) Sten MK I-III as MP 748-750(e) PPS-43 submachine gun as MP 719(r) SVT-40 as Sl.-Gewehr 259(r) M1 Garand as Sl.-Gewehr 251(a) Kb ppanc wz. 35 as PzB 770(p) Bazooka as RPzB 788(a) M1917 Enfield as Gewehr 250(a) M1903 Springfield as Gewehr 249(a) M1 carbine as Karabiner 455(a) Thompson Model 1928 as MP 760/2(r) German cartridges of the Wehrmacht 7.63×25mm Mauser 7.65×17mmSR Browning 7.65×21mm Parabellum 7.92×33mm Kurz 7.92×57mm Mauser 7.92×94mm Patronen 9×19mm Parabellum 13.2×92mmSR 20×138mmB

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