Modern Russian grenades RGN. Infographics

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A grenade is an explosive ammunition designed to destroy enemy personnel and equipment using hand-throwing.

At the same time, before the beginning of the twentieth century grenades were called explosive shells as well as for hand-throwing, and artillery caliber to 1 pounds (approximately 196 mm.). The device of hand and artillery grenades was similar. With the First World War, the name of the grenade was approved exclusively for ammunition for hand throwing.

A modern hand grenade consists of a body, an explosive charge and a fuse (fuse). The damage is caused by shell fragments, a shock wave or a cumulative jet, and also, as an option, with ready-made attack elements (shrapnel). It is made of light alloys, materials of high specific strength and plastic.

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  1. svp67 Rank
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    20 March 2017 08: 33
    And the explosives used in these grenades are not simple hexagen, but phlegmatized ... Well, these are trifles to which the authors of such monographs simply do not pay attention
    1. rodz Rank
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      20 March 2017 21: 02
      Wax addition to RDX is its phlegmatization, i.e. decrease in sensitivity.
  2. Same lech Rank
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    20 March 2017 08: 39
    Scanty article ... all in general crying

    What is the need of the army of RUSSIA in grenades RGN and RGO ?,
    where is it produced? how are they disposed of? ... who developed it? ... what innovations are there in this business? ..
    comparative analysis with foreign products and are they shipped abroad? ... and many other issues could be considered here.

    In general, the cat cried ....
    1. Reviews Rank
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      20 March 2017 08: 58
      Quote: The same Lech
      Scanty article ...

      And what do you want from the "riafan"? They don’t even know what "infographics" are. In the area that they spent, it was possible to place one and a half times more information and much more clearly. And these depicted some kind of crap. However, as in earlier opuses.

      A grenade is an explosive ammunition designed to destroy enemy personnel and equipment using hand-throwing.

      With the First World War, the name of the grenade was established exclusively for ammunition for hand throwing.

      Grenade launchers of various designs are now snuffling menacingly and menacingly ...
  3. inkass_98 Rank
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    20 March 2017 09: 11
    Visuals add, galleries ...
    1. Niccola Mack Rank
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      20 March 2017 11: 41
      So I did not manage to hold these "toys" in my hands - I saw them only on posters.
      It seems to have been delivered to NZ - that’s all. And so the standard set - F-1, RGD-5 and for some reason there were a lot of RG-42. Moreover, in appearance - no storage defects, like new ones.
  4. Brigadier Rank
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    20 March 2017 10: 21
    All the same, in my opinion - it is better to F-1 (our "lemon") until the grenades were invented ...
    1. Sling cutter Rank
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      20 March 2017 10: 25
      Quote: Brigadier
      All the same, in my opinion - it is better to F-1 (our "lemon") until the grenades were invented ...

      I would say it’s more familiar to us. drinks
    2. g1v2 Rank
      g1v2
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      20 March 2017 18: 18
      Well yes . TTX comparisons are dubious. The dispersion was 25-30 m at the Russian State Recreation Center, and the RGN at 15. It was up to 1m at F250, and at 50 at RGO. Our grandfathers taught us to “disperse” the team simply. Seeing the bunch of spirits, they gave the command to "disperse" and threw a stool into the crowd. I didn’t have time - it’s my fault. And then they measured with a tape measure - he managed to run away or not by 25 meters. recourse
      1. rodz Rank
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        20 March 2017 21: 08
        A common misconception about the expansion of F-1 fragments to 200 m. In reality, the radius of the radius of destruction (not even a solid, but simply a defeat) of F-1 is not more than 5 meters. 200 meters is not the radius of damage, but just a guaranteed safe removal. On the calculation of the damaging capabilities of fragmentation mines and grenades, it is informatively described in an article by Yu.G. Veremeev. on the Minesweeper-6 website.
        1. g1v2 Rank
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          20 March 2017 23: 41
          We have these specifications on all posters in the unit. Thp is the official data. But yes . It’s hard to imagine a 250 m fragment of fragments of such a small grenade.
    3. rodz Rank
      rodz
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      20 March 2017 21: 14
      In comparison with F-1, the RGO has a more uniform spherical expansion of the fragments. If at rupture of F-1 about 280-350 fragments are formed, then the RGO gives about 670-700.
    4. BASIL 123 Rank
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      18 August 2017 21: 11
      In grenades, RGN and RGO improved almost everything: they reduced weight, increased the number of explosives, the fragments became more homogeneous (and not like in F-1, they were very small, and some were very large), they used a fuse that was triggered by contact to increase the probability of hitting the target. The only minus, as always, is the complexity of the design, as a result, a price increase.
  5. alexfin Rank
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    20 March 2017 15: 04
    Whoever practiced in the application. The very first time such an event is not forgotten.
    Trembling hands and knees already horror .. True then you get used to it.