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Gew.Pz.Gr.30 & Große Gewehrpanzergranate, HEAT Rifle Grenades
At the top is the Große Gewehrpanzergranate, (a.k.a the Mod.40) HEAT rifle grenade developed by the German Wehrmacht. It has a 45-39mm tapered shape charge warhead and is by far the most common of the Anti-Tank types encountered. It could penetrate 70mm of armor (regardless of range, as it was a shaped charge). It has a sheet metal warhead body with a swage mounted nose cap. The base fuze is inside a Bakelite shaft. (Sometimes aluminum.)
I understand there is a wooded practice version as well.
It was introduced in November 1942.

Below that is the earlier Gewehrpanzergranate 30, produced in conjuntion with the 30mm HE Gewehrsprenggranate in February 1942. Intended as a H.E.A.T. alternative to the H.E. round, it may have been effective against lightly armored vehicles but was obsolete almost from the onset.
It is sheet metal construction with an aluminum shaft. (This warhead is repainted)


There are two base fuzes shown here. The left one is in the safe (before firing) condition.
As with the AZ5071 PD fuze, the safety device is a coiled flat spring nested in a releasing socket. This safety provides a secure block between the needle and detonator. The releasing socket is held in place by a stout helical spring.
When fired, inertia pushes the releasing socket down against the helical spring and locks in a compressed condition. The coiled safety is freed and expands to the inside wall of the shaft clearing a path for the entire striker assembly to move forward on impact initiating the detonator. There is no creep spring, so unexploded ordnance was in a delicate condition. The same fuze is found in both grenades.
  Firing Sequence Detail & Cut-Away

An external view of the base plugs and a cross sectional view of the Mod.30
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