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The RPG-43 is a stick grenade with a 102 millimetres (4.0 in) shaped charge warhead filled with 612 grams (21.6 oz) of TNT. When thrown a conical metal sleeve would open, revealing two strips of cloth to stabilise flight and ensure the head of the grenade would strike its target. [8]
The grenade replaced the RG-14/30, which was a World War I vintage design with an improved arming system. [3] The RGD-33 is composed of four separate pieces: a cylindrical head containing 85 grams (3.0 oz) of TNT filling, [2] a fragmentation sleeve that was only used when thrown under the protection of a trench or cover, the throwing handle which contains the igniter, and the fuse.
RKG stands for Ruchnaya Kumulyativnaya Granata ("handheld shaped-charge grenade"). The grenade has an odd strap-like lever (or "spoon") that covers the base of the handle and runs up each side of the handle. When the pin is pulled, the "spoon" falls away, and when the grenade is thrown a spring deploys a four-panelled drogue parachute. This ...
Soviet Union: Widely produced grenade. Nicknamed the "limonka" (lemon). RG-41: Fragmentation grenade: 55mm Soviet Union: 5 meter kill radius. RG-42: Fragmentation grenade: 54mm Soviet Union: Produced in 1942 to replace the complex RGD-33. Soviet partisans made copies of it when they were located behind enemy lines. RGD-33 grenade: Fragmentation ...
The RGD-5 (Ruchnaya Granata Distantsionnaya, English "Hand Grenade Remote") is a post–World War II Soviet anti-personnel fragmentation grenade, designed in the early 1950s. The RGD-5 was accepted into service with the Soviet Army in 1954. It was widely exported, and is still in service with many armies in the Middle East and the former Soviet ...
Soviet/Russian rocket launchers. From top to bottom: RPO-A Shmel , RPG-22 , RPG-26 , RPG-18 . A hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher ( Russian : ручной противотанковый гранатомёт , romanized : ruchnoy protivotankovyy granatomyot , RPG ) is a shoulder-fired anti-tank weapon that launches rockets equipped with a ...
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40 mm grenade: Romania 1986 Designed to mount on the PA md. 86 rifle ARDE 40 mm UBGL: Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli: 40 mm grenade: India 2010 Bren CZ 805 G1: Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod: 40 mm grenade: Poland 2011 Developed for the Bren 805 A1/A2 rifle BS-1 Tishina: TsNIITochMash: 30×29mm grenade: Soviet Union 1970 China Lake Grenade ...