R WZ 42 Sidolowka grenade

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Simple model based on the Polish ww2 partisan/resistance fragmentation hand grenade which was unofficially but commonly dubbed as “Sidolówka” cause of the grenades bodied looking like cans of Sidol a metal cleaning agent by the company Henkel which was sold at the time, the earliest R wz. 42 grenades were actually made out of repurposed Sidol cans and later newly manufactured sheet metal bodies were made in shape to be that of Sidol cans, therefore, the reason behind the nickname becomes apparent.

The grenade used a P-42 friction fuze which was designed by two pre-war Polish munition works engineers, engineer Józef Michałowski and pyrotechnician Władysław Pankowski. This type of fuze thanks to its simplicity became commonly used in other forms of grenades, such as in satchel charges and grenades with cast metal bodies. The fuze when uncapped and when its pull cord is pulled has about 4.5 seconds of time before the detonator denotes the grenades.