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RGD-5
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RGD-5

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Also known as RGD-5 grenade

The RGD-5 (Ruchnaya Granata Distantsionnaya, ) is a post–World War II Soviet anti-personnel fragmentation grenade, designed in the early 1950s.

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Vinony's link graph records 80 inbound references to RGD-5, and connects out to Q37116, hand grenade and TNT.

Vinony files it under Cold War weapons of the Soviet Union, Fragmentation grenades and Hand grenades of the Soviet Union.

Vinony links it to 17 Wikipedia language editions.

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

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Mass
0.31
Image
Grenade RGD-5 Navy.jpg
Length
114
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Commons category
RGD-5
service entry
1954-01-01
inception
1954-00-00
Sources (2)

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Encyclopedic overview

25 sections
Contents
  • 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “RGD-5” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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Categories

Cold War weapons of the Soviet UnionFragmentation grenadesHand grenades of the Soviet UnionMilitary equipment introduced in the 1950sWeapons and ammunition introduced in 1954