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List of Grenades

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Grenades are small explosive devices designed to be thrown at targets.

Anti-tank

An anti-tank grenade is a grenade used to defeat armored targets.

Name Image Country of origin Produced Detonation mechanism
AC58  France Rifle grenade
APAV40  France Rifle grenade
Breda Mod. 42  Italy Percussion cap
ENERGA  Liechtenstein Rifle grenade
Instalaza rifle grenade  Spain 1960s-? Rifle grenade
M31 HEAT  United States 1950s-1970s Rifle grenade
M52  France 1952-1978 Rifle grenade
M9  United States 1942-1945 Rifle grenade
No. 73  United Kingdom 1940-1945 Impact fuse
No. 74  United Kingdom 1940-1943 Time delay fuse
No. 75  United Kingdom 1942-? Crush igniter
Panzerwurfmine  Germany
Passaglia  Italy
RKG-3  Soviet Union 1950-Present Impact fuse
RPG-40  Soviet Union 1904-1943
RPG-43  Soviet Union 1943-Present Impact fuse
RPG-6  Soviet Union 1943-Present Impact fuse
STRIM 65  France 1961-1978 Rifle grenade
Type 06  Japan 2006-Present Rifle grenade
Type 3  Japan 1943-1945
Type L  Italy 1940-1945 Percussion cap

Chemical

A chemical grenade is a grenade that releases or burns a gas and does not explode.

Name Image Country of origin Produced Detonation mechanism
GLI-F4  France 2011-Present
M1  United States 1942-1944 Friction fuse[1]
XM58  United States Delay ignition fuse[2]

Concussion/Stun

A concussion grenade is a grenade that's effect is produced by its explosion instead of releasing shrapnel or chemicals.

A stun grenade is a grenade that typically produces a flash and loud sound in an attempt to disorient a target.

Name Image Country of origin Produced Detonation mechanism
M84  United States 1995-Present Time delay fuse
MK3  United States 1918-? Pyrotechnic fuse[3]
Model 1914 Russian Empire 1914-? Time delay fuse
NICO BTV-1  United States
wz. 24  Poland

Fragmentation

A fragmentation grenade is a grenade that, upon explosion, releases several fragments, called shrapnel, in multiple directions.

Name Image Country of origin Produced Detonation mechanism
Breda Mod. 35  Italy 1935-1945 Percussion cap
F1 (Australia)  Australia 1990s-Present Time delay fuse
F1 (France)  France 1915-1940 Percussion cap
F-1 Error creating thumbnail:  Soviet Union 1939-Present Time delay fuse
HG 85 File:Grenade IMG 3098.jpg   Switzerland 1985-Present Time delay fuse
Jam tin File:Gws-jamtinbomb.jpg  Australia 1915-Present Timed friction fuse
Ketchum Grenade File:Ketchum cs.jpg  United States 1863-? Percussion cap
M26 File:M-61Grenade.jpg  United States 1952-Present Timed friction fuse
M33  United States Pyrotechnic fuse[4]
M67 File:M67b.jpg  United States 1968-Present Pyrotechnic fuse
M75 File:M75 Grenade.JPG  Yugoslavia
Mecar M72 File:M72 Frag Grenade.jpg  Belgium
Mills Bomb File:N°5-MkII N°23-MkII N°36-MkI.jpg  United Kingdom 1915-2021 Percussion cap
Mk 1 File:MkI-Frag.jpg  United States 1917-1918 Timed friction fuse
Model 17 File:Grenade Model 17.jpg  Germany 1916-? Timed friction fuse
Model 39 File:German grenade m39 noBG.png  Germany 1939-1945 Time delay fuse
Mk 2 File:Mk 2 grenade-IMG 7500-white.jpg  United States 1918-1950s Percussion cap
No. 1 File:British Number 1 Grenade YORCM 1962 108 9.JPG  United Kingdom 1908-1915 Percussion cap
No. 15 File:Grenade, cricket ball (AM 607059).jpg  United Kingdom 1915-1915 Timed friction fuse
No. 2  United Kingdom 1907-1916 Percussion cap
No. 69 File:N°69 HE bakelite grenade.JPG  United Kingdom 1942-1947 Impact fuse
No. 82 File:N°82 Gammon bomb.JPG  United Kingdom 1943-1945 Percussion cap
OTO Mod. 35 File:OTO35 manuale.jpg  Italy 1935-1945 Percussion cap
RG-41 File:RG-41.png  Soviet Union 1941-1942
RG-42 File:RG-42 grenade Navy.jpg  Soviet Union 1942-1954 Time delay fuse
RGD-33 File:RGD-33 hand grenade at Great Patriotic War museum in Smolensk (cropped, flipped).jpg  Soviet Union 1933-1942 Time delay fuse
RGD-5 File:Rgd 5 hand grenade.jpeg  Soviet Union 1954-Present Pyrotechnic fuse
RGN File:RGN offensive hand grenade Navy.jpg  Soviet Union Impact fuse
RGO File:RGO defensive grenade Navy.jpg  Soviet Union Impact fuse
RGZ-89 File:Gr zacz1(cropped).jpg  Poland 1995-Present Time delay fuse
R wz. 42 File:Granat Sidolówka.jpg  Poland 1942-1947 Timed friction fuse
SFG 87  Singapore 1987-Present Perucssion cap
SRCM Mod. 35 File:SRCM scheda.jpg  Italy 1935-1980 Percussion cap
Stielhandgranate 15 File:Grenade, stick (AM 613018-4).jpg  Germany 1915-1918 Timed friction fuse
Stielhandgranate 16  Germany 1915-1918 Timed friction fuse
Stielhandgranate 17 File:Stielhandgranate17.JPG  Germany 1915-1918 Timed friction fuse
Stielhandgranate 24 File:Stielhandgranate24 noBG.png  Germany 1924-? Timed friction fuse
Stielhandgranate 43 File:Stielhandgranate 43 MHM noBG.png  Germany 1943-?
STRIM 40  France Rifle grenade
Type 10 File:Type 10 grenade drawing.jpg  Japan 1921-1945 Pyrotechnic fuse
Type 4 File:97-1-B Japanese, Grenade, Type 4, Ceramic.jpg  Japan 1944-1945 Time delay fuse
Type 91 File:Japanese Type 91 50 mm grenade.gif  Japan 1931-1945 Pyrotechnic fuse
Type 97 File:Type 97 grenade.jpg  Japan 1937-1945 Pyrotechnic fuse
Type 99 File:Type 99 Hand Grenade.jpg  Japan Pyrotechnic fuse
V40  Netherlands 1960s-2008 Pyrotechnic fuse
Vasić M12 File:Vasić M12 Hand Grenade.jpg File:State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg Serbia 1912-1945
Viven-Bessières shell File:Gewehr-Granate VB.jpg  France 1916-? Rifle grenade
vz.34[5]  Czechoslovakia[5] Impact fuse[5]
wz. 33 File:Granada de mano polaca WZ. GR. 31.JPG  Poland 1933-1939

Incendiary

An incendiary grenade is a grenade that is designed to start fires.

Name Image Country of origin Produced Detonation mechanism
M1  United States 1942-1944 Friction fuse[1]
Model 308-1  United States
Molotov cocktail File:Molotov cocktail (English version).png Worldwide
No. 76  United Kingdom Impact fuse
No. 77  United Kingdom

Smoke/Signaling

A smoke grenade is a grenade designed to produce a smoke screen to conceal an area.

A signaling grenade is a grenade designed to release smoke to mark a landing or drop zone.

Name Image Country of origin Produced Detonation mechanism
AN-M8 File:ANM8 grenade.jpg  United States 1940s Pull-ring igniter
Blendkӧrper 1H File:Blendkorper 1H.jpg  Germany
Blendkӧrper 2H File:Blendkorper 2H.jpg  Germany
M15  United States
M18 File:M18 Grenade.svg  United States 1942-1991 Pull-ring igniter
M34  United States Pyrotechnic fuse
Nebelhandgranate 39 File:Merkblatt 68-16-Bildheft 148, Nebelhandgranate 39.png  Germany Timed friction fuse

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Fuse Lighter, Friction, M1". www.bulletpicker.com. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  2. "Fuze, M201A1". www.bulletpicker.com. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  3. "Fuze, M206A2". www.bulletpicker.com. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  4. "Fuze, M213". www.bulletpicker.com. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "CZK - Granát vz.34 (OÚG vz.34, ONRG-34) : Czech Republic / Czechoslovakia (CZE)". Armedconflicts.com. 2006-04-30. Retrieved 2024-03-17.


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