RGN hand grenade

RGN hand grenade
RGN hand grenade
TypeHand grenade
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
Used bySee Users
WarsSoviet-Afghan War
Russo-Ukrainian War
Specifications
Mass310 grams (11 oz)[1][a]
Length113.5 millimetres (4.47 in)[2][b]
Diameter61 millimetres (2.4 in)[2][c]

FillingA-IX-1 (96% RDX phlegmatized with 4% wax)
Filling weight97 g (3.4 oz)[2]
Detonation
mechanism
UDZS Impact fuze arming after 1 to 1.8 seconds or time delay after 3.5 to 4 seconds.

The RGN hand grenade (Ruchnaya Granata Nastupatel'naya, "Hand Grenade Offensive") is an offensive Soviet blast hand grenade introduced during the Soviet-Afghan war alongside the RGO to replace the earlier F-1, RG-42, and RGD-5 hand grenades which proved to be inadequate in the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan.

  1. ^ Russian General Staff 2002, p. 41.
  2. ^ a b c d Jones & Ness 2010, p. 755.
  3. ^ a b Rottman 2015, p. 31.


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