Filipinka (also Wańka, Perełka) was a commonly used unofficial name for the ET wz. 40 homemade hand grenade produced for the Armia Krajowa during World...
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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...
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Poland during World War II; it was used for production of the R wz. 42 and Filipinka hand grenades. Since the 1970s, Cheddite is the commercial name for primers...
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Nelson (born 1991), known as Wanka, Jamaican football player Wańka, or Filipinka, unofficial names for a Polish hand grenade USS Wanka (1901), a U.S. Navy...
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grenade wz. 24 Offensive grenade wz. 24 ET wz.40 (also known as ET-40 "Filipinka". Grenade based on ET-38 anti-tank grenade. Used by Polish resistance)...
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RGD-33 grenade Molotov fire grenade ET-38 ET wz.40 (Also known as ET-40 "Filipinka") R wz.42 (Also known as "Sidolówka") Granat "Karbidówka" [pl] Granatnik...
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group of five young AK partisans armed with Sten submachine guns and Filipinka hand grenades. The assassins, led by 21-year-old Jerzy Zborowski, were...
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KIS), pistols (Vis), flamethrowers, explosive devices, road mines, and Filipinka and Sidolówka hand grenades. Hundreds of people were involved in the manufacturing...
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and Polski Sten (from the British Sten) machine pistols as well as the filipinka and sidolówka hand grenades. In the Warsaw Uprising Polish engineers built...
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the explosive charge. The explosive was used to produce hand grenades (Filipinkas) for Polish soldiers. The empty shell was left in the basement. In the...
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