RG-42 Grenade
Country of Origin | Russia |
Type | Grenade |
Diameter | 55.000 mm |
Length | 130.000 mm |
Weight | 0.420 kg |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseRG-42 fragmentation grenades replaced the RGD-33 grenades after the Russo-German war began in 1941, largely due to the predecessors' complex design which led to RGD-33 design's slow production. Each grenade contained 100 to 120 grams of TNT, and had a blast radius of about 10 meters. Each fuse was set to between 3.2 and 4.2 seconds of delay. They remained in use after WW2 with Soviet and Warsaw Pact countries.Source: Wikipedia ww2dbase
Last Major Revision: Oct 2013
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2. C. Peter Chen says:
23 Sep 2013 05:58:02 PM
Jatomon: Thanks for pointing that out, we will move the photos to the correct places.
23 Sep 2013 05:58:02 PM
Jatomon: Thanks for pointing that out, we will move the photos to the correct places.
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23 Sep 2013 10:13:32 AM
both pictures do not correwspond with the RG-42.
1st picture shows a RG-33 in the soldiers belt
2nd picture show an incendiary cristal grenade.