F-1 grenade (Russia)

F-1
F-1 hand grenade
TypeAnti-personnel hand grenade
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
In service1939–present (Russia)
Used bySoviet Union, Cuba, China
WarsWorld War II
Hukbalahap Rebellion
Korean War
Vietnam War
Rhodesian Bush War[1]
Six-Day War
Yom Kippur War
Angolan Civil War
Iran-Iraq War
Iraq War
2011 Libyan Civil War
Syrian Civil War
War in Donbass
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Specifications
Mass600 g (1.3 lb)
Length130 mm (5.1 in)
Diameter55 mm (2.2 in)

FillingTrinitrotoluene
Filling weight60 g (2.1 oz)
Detonation
mechanism
Time delay fuse 3.2 to 4.2 s
Grenade cutaway and training sample (DOSAAF Museum, Minsk)
Russian MUV booby trap firing device. A zero-delay pull fuze which is normally connected to a tripwire. The MUV fuze is fully compatible with F-1 and RGD-5 grenades. Fitting an MUV fuze makes it easier to conceal the grenade when setting a boobytrap e.g. partial burial. Note that the detonator is usually threaded, so it can be screwed into the F-1 grenade body

The Soviet F-1 hand grenade (Russian: Фугасный > Fugasnyy 1, "Explosive, Type No. 1") is an anti-personnel fragmentation defensive grenade. It is based on the French F1 grenade and contains a 60 g (2.1 oz) explosive charge (TNT). The total weight of the grenade with the fuze is about 600 g (21 oz).[2]

Due to its shape and its yellow-green color, it is nicknamed the limonka (fem. 'little lemon'). It is also nicknamed Efka (Russian: Эфка) for the letter F.[3] It is similar to the American Mk 2 "pineapple grenade", which was also ultimately modeled on the French F-1.

F-1 simulation-training grenade is called УРГ (учебная ручная граната), URG (training hand grenade).

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-21. Retrieved 2013-05-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Owen, J.I.H (1975). Brassey's Infantry Weapons of the World. New York, N.Y.: Bonanza. pp. 223–224. ISBN 0-517-242346.
  3. ^ Yu. Veremeev, "Происхождение "лимонки".