


RG-14 Grenade
Country of Origin | Russia |
Type | Grenade |
Diameter | 45.000 mm |
Length | 236.000 mm |
Weight | 0.595 kg |
Explosive Charge | RG-14: Picric acid; RG-14/30: TNT |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseThe Russian RG-14 time-delayed stick concussion grenade was designed by Vladimir Rdultovsky. They each had a cylinder housing for the explosive picric acid, with a welded sheet metal handle. The weapon was armed with the removal of its safety pin, which started a 4- to 5-second time clock before the explosive was detonated. Used extensively in WW1, they remained in use by the Soviet military through the interwar period. A number of them were produced with 500 grams of chemical irritant chloropicrin in 1917, but this RG-17 variant was discontinued after WW1. In 1930, the variant RG-14/30 superseded the original design; the new variant replaced picric acid with TNT. Some of them were issued with a 190-gram fragmentation sleeve that turned these concussion grenades into fragmentation grenades. RG-14 grenades saw service during WW2. They were officially retired from front line service after WW2, though RG-14 grenades without explosives continued to be used for training purposes until the 1980s.Captured RG-14 grenades in German inventory were designated HG 336(r). There were reports of Axis forces using these captured weapons on the Eastern Front.
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