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Instructions · What links here · List of Grenades (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Bing, Wikipedia) · Submitted 39 days ago by SourPieMe (talk: D · +) · Last edited 4 days ago by Shadow311

Comment: I suggest adding an inline citation for every entry. I am honestly surprised no general list of grenades has been made yet. Shadow311 (talk) 20:30, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

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

Anti-tank edit

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

Name	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 edit

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

Name	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 edit

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	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 edit

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

Name	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	Soviet Union	1939-Present	Time delay fuse
HG 85	Switzerland	1985-Present	Time delay fuse
Jam tin	Australia	1915-Present	Timed friction fuse
Ketchum Grenade	United States	1863-?	Percussion cap
M26	United States	1952-Present	Timed friction fuse
M33	United States		Pyrotechnic fuse^[4]
M67	United States	1968-Present	Pyrotechnic fuse
M75	Yugoslavia
Mecar M72	Belgium
Mills Bomb	United Kingdom	1915-2021	Percussion cap
Mk 1	United States	1917-1918	Timed friction fuse
Model 17	Germany	1916-?	Timed friction fuse
Model 39	Germany	1939-1945	Time delay fuse
Mk 2	United States	1918-1950s	Percussion cap
No. 1	United Kingdom	1908-1915	Percussion cap
No. 15	United Kingdom	1915-1915	Timed friction fuse
No. 2	United Kingdom	1907-1916	Percussion cap
No. 69	United Kingdom	1942-1947	Impact fuse
No. 82	United Kingdom	1943-1945	Percussion cap
OTO Mod. 35	Italy	1935-1945	Percussion cap
RG-41	Soviet Union	1941-1942
RG-42	Soviet Union	1942-1954	Time delay fuse
RGD-33	Soviet Union	1933-1942	Time delay fuse
RGD-5	Soviet Union	1954-Present	Pyrotechnic fuse
RGN	Soviet Union		Impact fuse
RGO	Soviet Union		Impact fuse
RGZ-89	Poland	1995-Present	Time delay fuse
R wz. 42	Poland	1942-1947	Timed friction fuse
SFG 87	Singapore	1987-Present	Perucssion cap
SRCM Mod. 35	Italy	1935-1980	Percussion cap
Stielhandgranate 15	Germany	1915-1918	Timed friction fuse
Stielhandgranate 16	Germany	1915-1918	Timed friction fuse
Stielhandgranate 17	Germany	1915-1918	Timed friction fuse
Stielhandgranate 24	Germany	1924-?	Timed friction fuse
Stielhandgranate 43	Germany	1943-?
STRIM 40	France		Rifle grenade
Type 10	Japan	1921-1945	Pyrotechnic fuse
Type 4	Japan	1944-1945	Time delay fuse
Type 91	Japan	1931-1945	Pyrotechnic fuse
Type 97	Japan	1937-1945	Pyrotechnic fuse
Type 99	Japan		Pyrotechnic fuse
V40	Netherlands	1960s-2008	Pyrotechnic fuse
Vasić M12	Serbia	1912-1945
Viven-Bessières shell	France	1916-?	Rifle grenade
vz.34^[5]	Czechoslovakia^[5]		Impact fuse^[5]
wz. 33	Poland	1933-1939

Incendiary edit

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

Name	Country of origin	Produced	Detonation Mechanism
M1	United States	1942-1944	Friction fuse^[1]
Model 308-1	United States
Molotov cocktail	Worldwide
No. 76	United Kingdom		Impact fuse
No. 77	United Kingdom

Smoke/Signaling edit

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	Country of origin	Produced	Detonation Mechanism
AN-M8	United States	1940s	Pull-ring igniter
Blendkӧrper 1H	Germany
Blendkӧrper 2H	Germany
M15	United States
M18	United States	1942-1991	Pull-ring igniter
M34	United States		Pyrotechnic fuse
Nebelhandgranate 39	Germany		Timed friction fuse

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Fuse Lighter, Friction, M1". www.bulletpicker.com. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
^ "Fuze, M201A1". www.bulletpicker.com. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
^ "Fuze, M206A2". www.bulletpicker.com. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
^ "Fuze, M213". www.bulletpicker.com. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c "CZK - Granát vz.34 (OÚG vz.34, ONRG-34) : Czech Republic / Czechoslovakia (CZE)". Armedconflicts.com. 2006-04-30. Retrieved 2024-03-17.

[:0-1] "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.

[:1-5] "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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