A fork of Rural Dictionary
WW2 German stick hand grenade. Tucked into the belt or boot of infantryman was a formidable weapon both in assault and defence.
Unlike allied grenades it did not depend on throwing out fragments of red hot metal, just the power of its 4.2 oz explosive charge.
May have resembled a kitchen utensil of the time.
That potatoe masher exploded so close that I cannot hear what you are saying and Seargent Bodybitz is dead...
First World War slang for an anti-tank grenade, because it looks like a potato masher.
A: do you have a potato masher?
B: this *gives anti-tank grenade to A*
A: WTF dude do you want to kill me?!
B: You were the one who said you needed a potato masher.