Now Viewing: rg-42Tag type: General A fragmentation grenade originally introduced during World_War_II as an emergency measure, continuing in use with the USSR and its Warsaw Pact allies in the post-war period. It contained about 200 grams of explosive charge (TNT) in a cylindrical can. The grenade could be thrown about 35-40 meters and has an effective blast radius of around 10 meters. The total weight of the grenade with the fuse was about 500 grams. It used the 3.2 to 4 second UZRGM fuse, also used in the RGD-5, RG-41, and F1 grenades. See also List_of_weapons Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RG-42 Other Wiki Information Last updated: 01/02/15 4:48 PM by jedi1357 This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
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