RGD-5
Sign in to saveThe RGD-5 (Ruchnaya Granata Distantsionnaya, ) is a post–World War II Soviet anti-personnel fragmentation grenade, designed in the early 1950s.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- RGD-5
- Weapon.image
- Rgd 5 hand grenade.jpeg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- RGD-5 hand grenade with UZRGM fuze fitted
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Hand grenade
- Weapon.is_explosive
- 1
- Weapon.service
- 1954–present
- Weapon.wars
- Vietnam WarSix-Day WarThe TroublesYom Kippur WarSoviet–Afghan WarIran–Iraq WarInvasion of KuwaitGulf WarFirst Chechen WarKosovo WarSecond Chechen WarIraq WarRusso-Georgian WarFirst Libyan Civil WarSyrian Civil WarRusso-Ukrainian War
- Weapon.filling
- Trinitrotoluene
- Weapon.detonation
- 3.2 to 4.2 seconds. pyrotechnic delay fuse
- Weapon.yield
- ~350 fragments
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Article
25 sectionsContents
- Design
- Variants
- URG-N
- Rifle grenade
- Foreign production
- China
- Type 59
- Bulgaria
- RGO-78
- RGN-86
- Poland
- RGO-88
- Lithuania
- RPG-92
- Ukraine
- Users
- Current
- Former
- Usage
- Service
- In assassination attempt of George W. Bush
- See also
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
The RGD-5 (Ruchnaya Granata Distantsionnaya, ) is a post–World War II Soviet anti-personnel fragmentation grenade, designed in the early 1950s.
==Design== thumb|left|RGD-5 measurements thumb|left|MUV zero-delay pull fuze, normally connected to a tripwire.