RG 42 Anti Personnel Hand Grenade

Place Asia: North Korea
Accession Number RELAWM40248
Collection type Technology
Object type Grenade
Physical description Paint, Steel
Place made Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Date made c 1945
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
Description

The RG 42 hand grenade is a concussion fragmentation grenade that was used by Russian, Warsaw Pact and Chinese forces. The grenade body is a plain steel, light gauge cylinder with no serrations. The grenade body encloses a separate fragmentation sheet that is formed into a pregrooved diamond shaped pattern. The grenade is painted black and the striker assembly has broken off and fallen into the grenade body. The safety pin and lever are missing. Markings - cyrillic cyphers - TPCIW; 286.

History / Summary

The RG 42 hand grenade was a standard concussion fragmentation grenade used in the Second World War, Korea and Vietnam by Russian, Chinese, Vietnamese and Warsaw Pact forces.