Granatwerfer 36
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| Granatenwerfer 36 | |
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| Type | Mortar |
| Place of origin | Nazi Germany |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1936 – 1945 |
| Used by | Nazi Germany |
| Wars | Second World War |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Rheinmetall-Borsig AG |
| Designed | 1934 |
| Produced | 1936-1945 |
| Variants | 5cm leGrW 36 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 14 kg |
| Length | 465 mm (barrel) 350 mm (bore) |
| Crew | 2 |
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| Shell | 0.9kg TNT filled |
| Caliber | 50 mm |
| Traverse: | 33°45' |
| Rate of fire | 15-25 rpm |
| Muzzle velocity | 75 m/sec |
| Effective range | 50m - 510m |
| Maximum range | 520 m |
| Sights | Telescopic, Later none |
The Granatenwerfer 36 (Literally, "grenade thrower") (Official designation: 5cm leGrW 36) was a mortar used by Germany during World War II.
Development started 1934 by Rheinmetall-Borsig AG and was adopted for service 1936. It's intended role was to engage pockets of resistance that were beyond hand grenade throwing range. Until 1938 it used complicated telescopic sight. By 1941 the Granatwerfer 36 was seen as too complex for its intended role. It fired too light a bomb and had too small a range. Production was terminated. It was gradually withdrawn from front line service by 1942, but available motars remained in use until 1945 with second-line and garrison units until the end of hostilities in 1945. As supplies of the Granatwerfer 36 dwindled during 1944-1945, the Germans often relied on captured French and Russian 50mm mortars, and in most cases, preferring the captured Russian mortars over the standard German issue. Still, the 50mm continued to be popular for the remainder of the war, simply by the fact that it was easily transported by two men, and it provided the Infantry with a hitting power and range capability greater than any other weapon readily available at the squad or section level.
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| German-made firearms and light weapons of World War II |
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| Side arms (Pistole) |
| Mauser C96 | Luger | Walther P38 | Walther PPK | Sauer 38H | Mauser HSc |
| Rifles & carbines (Gewehr & Karabiner) |
| Karabiner 98k | Gewehr 41 | Gewehr 43/Karabiner 43 | StG44/MP44 | FG42 | StG45(M) | Volkssturmgewehr 1-5 |
| Submachine guns ( Maschinenpistole ) |
| Bergmann MP18 | MP38/MP40 "Schmeisser" | MP3008 "Volks MP" |
| Machine guns & other larger weapons |
| MG08 | MG34 | MG42 | Faustpatrone | Panzerfaust | Panzerschreck
Flammenwerfer 35 | Panzerbüchse 39 | Granatwerfer 36 | Granatwerfer 42 |
| Notable foreign-made infantry weapons |
| P.640(b) | Vis.35 | Vz.24/G24(t) | MG26(t) | Panzerbüchse 35(p) |
| German-made cartridges used by the Wehrmacht |
| 7.92 x 57 mm | 7.63 x 25 mm Mauser | 7.92 mm Kurz | 7.65 mm Luger | 9 mm Luger |
