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minus-squareYungOnions@sh.itjust.worksBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-28 months agoWhat’s the deal with the Excelsior P2? It looks like a grenade cosplaying as the ghost of Kaiser Wilhelm.
minus-squareSSTF@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months agoIt is an impact initiated grenade. During flight, the propeller on the nose rotates down to arm. The grenade is actually a stick grenade, hidden by the cloth. The cloth is to help it orient itself nose forward in flight for the propeller.
minus-squareYungOnions@sh.itjust.worksBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoHuh, TIL. Thanks.
What’s the deal with the Excelsior P2? It looks like a grenade cosplaying as the ghost of Kaiser Wilhelm.
It is an impact initiated grenade. During flight, the propeller on the nose rotates down to arm. The grenade is actually a stick grenade, hidden by the cloth. The cloth is to help it orient itself nose forward in flight for the propeller.
Huh, TIL. Thanks.