Filipinka (also Wańka, Perełka) was an unofficial, yet common name for the ET wz. 40hand grenade produced for the Armia Krajowa during World War II in occupied Poland. This article is about the year. ... This article is about the year. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ammonal is an explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate, aluminium dust and stearic acid. ... A WWII-era pineapple fragmentation hand grenade A hand grenade is a hand-held bomb designed to be thrown by hand. ... The Armia Krajowa or AK (Home Army) functioned as the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland, which was active in all areas of the country from September 1939 until its disbanding in January 1945. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ...
It was designed by a former worker of the Rembertów Polish Army munition works, Edward Tymoszak (hence the ET abbreviation). It was partially based on his pre-war design of a ET wz. 38 anti-tank grenade. Polish Army (Polish Wojsko Polskie) is the name applied to the military forces of Poland. ... Anti-tank, or simply AT, refers to any method of combating military armored fighting vehicles, notably tanks. ...
The Filipinka was an offensive impact grenade, cylindrical in shape. In the upper part of the shell a screw for the fuse was located. Coating of the first series (roughly 4.000 produced) was made of Bakelite, which shattered without producing fragments like a metal bodied grenade. Later the shell was later replaced with a metal impress. The filling was composed mostly of home-made explosives, either sedite or ammonal. At times explosives from German air bombs and artillery shells, as well as British explosive plastic delivered through air bridges was used. The grenade was equipped with a contact fuse. While commonly referred to as Bakelite, the correct generic designation is phenolics. ... Ammonal is an explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate, aluminium dust and stearic acid. ...
The coating was painted with various colours to allow for easier usage in resistance service and easier hiding. After 1941 all grenades were marked with an inscription in Russian (Desantnaya Udarnaya Grenata 41 - Offensive Impact Grenade Mark 41) in order to conceal the real origin of the weapon and ensure the safety of the production facilities. Throughout the war an approximate of 240.000 grenades of this type were produced. Many of them were used in various battles of the Operation Tempest, including the Warsaw Uprising. 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Operation Tempest (Polish Plan Burza, sometimes also translated as Operation Storm) was a series of planned local uprisings prepared by the Polish Home Army during World War II. The main aim of the operation was to seize control of the cities and areas where the German forces were preparing their... The Warsaw Uprising (Powstanie Warszawskie) was an armed struggle during the Second World War by the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) to liberate Warsaw from German occupation and Nazi rule. ...
Sidolówka was first produced in Warsaw in 1942, by the professors of the Warsaw University of Technology under the leadership of Jan Czochralski.
It was partially based on an earlier design of the Filipinka grenade, also of underground construction, which in turn was based on a pre-war Polish ET-38 anti-tank grenade.
The primer and the detonator were designed by two engineers of the pre-war Polish munition works in Warsaw, pyrotechnician Władysław Pankowski and engineer Józef Michałowski.
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