Draft:List of Grenades

  • 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

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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

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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

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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

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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     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

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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   Worldwide
No. 76   United Kingdom Impact fuse
No. 77   United Kingdom

Smoke/Signaling

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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     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

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ 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.