| Type 10 grenade | |
|---|---|
 Drawing of a Type 10 grenade | |
| Type | Hand grenade/rifle grenade |
| Place of origin | Empire of Japan |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1921–1945 |
| Used by | Imperial Japanese Army Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Wars | Second Sino-Japanese War Soviet-Japanese Border Wars World War II Chinese Civil War |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1914 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 530 g (19 oz) |
| Length | 125 mm (4.9 in) |
| Diameter | 50 mm (2.0 in) |
| Filling | TNT |
| Filling weight | 50 g (1.8 oz) |
Detonation mechanism | Pyrotechnic delay of 7 to 8 seconds. |
The Type 10 grenade (十年式手榴弾, Jyūnen-shiki Teryūdan) was the first fragmentation hand grenade designed and deployed by the Imperial Japanese Army.[1]