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The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] '''RG-42''' was an [[Hand grenade|fragmentation grenade]] introduced during [[World War II]], and continuing in use with the USSR and it's [[Warsaw Pact]] allies in the post-war period. It contained about 200 [[gram]]s of explosive charge ([[trinitrotoluene|TNT]]) in a cylindrical can. The grenade could be thrown about 35-40 meters and the circumference of the shrapnel dispersion was about 30 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 grenade]]s. |
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The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] '''RG-42''' ('''Ручная Граната образца 42 года''' > ''Ruchnaya Granata obraztsa 42 goda'', "Hand Grenade pattern of [19]42 year") was a [[Hand Grenade#Fragmentation|fragmentation grenade]] designed by S. G. Korshunov. |
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Although production has ceased in the Russia, it is still produced in [[Poland]] and [[Romania]]. |
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While it was introduced as a stopgap measure to replace the complex and expensive [[RGD-33]] grenade, it remained in use with the Soviet Union, [[Warsaw Pact]] countries, and allied nations such as [[People's Republic of China]] after [[World War II]]. In Soviet service it was used until 1981 during the [[Soviet-Afghan war]]. |
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==Design== |
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Unlike the RGD-33, the RG-42 was a simple design, being a little more than a steel sheet cylinder filled with explosives.{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=753}} It required no [[casting]] and were produced in existing can factories. It also shared the UZRG fuse used on the [[F1 grenade (Russia)|F-1 grenade]].{{sfn|Rottman|2015|page=31}} |
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It contained approximately {{convert|110-120|g|abbr=on}} of the high explosive ([[trinitrotoluene|TNT]]) in a cylindrical stamped-metal can.{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=753}} According to Rottman, the fragmentation liner was a thin sheet of steel rolled into three layers with diamond shaped grooves.{{sfn|Rottman|2015|page=31}} |
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The RG-42 was fitted with a UZRG or UZRGM fuze with a 3.2−4.2 second delay, same types used by the F-1 and [[RGD-5]] grenades.{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=753}}{{sfn|Yelshin|1981|page=31}} |
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The grenade could be thrown about {{convert|30-40|m|yd|abbr=on}} and has an effective fragmentation radius of approximately {{convert|25|m|yd|abbr=on}}.{{sfn|Russian General Staff|2002|page=41}} While the blast effect is dangerous over radius of at least {{convert|10|m|yd|abbr=on}}.{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=753}} |
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The total weight of the grenade with the fuze was {{convert|420|g|abbr=on}}.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> |
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==History== |
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The RG-42 was originally introduced during [[World War II]] from 1942 onwards as an emergency measure to replace the [[RGD-33]] grenade,{{sfn|Campbell|2020|page=16}} a pre-war design which proved to be too complex to operate, too expensive and time consuming to produce.{{sfn|Rottman|2015|page=30}} It remained in use with the USSR, [[Warsaw Pact]] countries, and Communist China in the post-war period.{{sfn|Rottman|2015|page=31}} |
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After World War II, it saw action with Communist forces in the [[Korean War]] alongside the Chinese-made Type 42;{{sfn|Bunker|2010|page=292}} and [[North Vietnam]]ese troops during the [[Vietnam War]].{{sfn|Rottman|2012|page=31}} |
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The RG-42 was still used by Soviet troops alongside the F-1 and RGD-5 as late as 1981,{{sfn|Yelshin|1981|page=31}} during the early stages of the [[Soviet-Afghan war]].{{sfn|Russian General Staff|2002|pages=40−41}} In the mountains of Afghanistan, the 3.2−4.2 second delay fuze not only gave the [[Afghan mujahideen|mujahideen]] enough time to search for cover, but it also posed the danger of the grenade rolling back to friendly positions after it was thrown.{{sfn|Russian General Staff|2002|page=42}} As result the RG-42 was replaced by the [[RGN hand grenade|RGN]] and [[RGO hand grenade|RGO]] hand grenades,{{sfn|Russian General Staff|2002|pages=40−41}} which were introduced mid-1980s.{{sfn|Rottman|2015|page=31}} |
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In the 1990s, it was still used by Iraqi forces during the [[Gulf War]];{{sfn|Jacobson|1991|page=34}} During the [[Georgian Civil War]] several paramilitary groups purchased ex-Soviet surplus grenades from Russian officers;<ref name="SAS 1998 4" /> In 1992, prior to the [[First Chechen War]], it was estimated that Chechen forces loyal to separatist leader [[Dzhokhar Dudayev]] captured 80,000 RG-42s from ex-Soviet stocks;{{sfn|German|2003|pages=57−58}} In 1994, several Afghan militias including the [[Taliban]] possessed some grenades alongside other Soviet small arms left behind following the collapse of the [[Mohammad Najibullah|Najibullah regime]].{{sfn|Matinuddin|2000|page=49−51}} |
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Despite the RG-42 age, it was "still likely to be found almost anywhere, especially in Africa and the Balkans" in the 2010s, according to ''[[Janes Information Services|Jane's]]'';{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=753}} In 2011, Azerbaijan security forces seized at least three grenades from [[Caucasus Emirate]] insurgents;{{sfn|Hahn|2014|pages=228−229}} In 2019, during the [[war in Donbas]], Ukrainian forces seized at least one grenade from the [[Russian separatist forces in Donbas|pro-Russian insurgents]].{{sfn|CAR|2021|page=102}} |
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==Foreign copies== |
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Although the RG-42 is considered obsolete, China still produced copies (as the Type 42 grenade) until the late 2000s, while Poland and Romania produced the RG-42 as late as 2010.{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=753}} |
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According to US intelligence, Czechoslovakia and North Korea have also produced and used locally made copies of the RG-42.{{sfn|Department of the Army|1960|page=69}}<ref name="NK" /> |
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==Users== |
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* {{flag|Afghanistan|1992}} − Captured by the [[Afghan mujahideen]]{{sfn|Matinuddin|2000|page=49−51}} |
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* {{BUL}}{{sfn|Department of the Army|1960|page=48}} |
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* {{flagicon image|Flag of Caucasian Emirate.svg}} [[Caucasus Emirate]]{{sfn|Hahn|2014|page=229}} |
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* {{flag|Chechen Republic of Ichkeria}}{{sfn|German|2003|page=58}} |
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* {{CHN}} − Produced locally as the Type 42{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=753}} |
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* {{CZS}}{{sfn|Department of the Army|1960|page=69}} |
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* {{DDR}}<ref>Taschenkalender der Nationalen Volksarmee. Verlag des Ministeriums für Nationale Verteidigung, 1957</ref>{{sfn|Department of the Army|1960|page=95}} |
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* {{flag|Georgia|1990}} − Used during civil conflicts in 1990s<ref name="SAS 1998 4">{{cite book|author=Small Arms Survey|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/B-Occasional-papers/SAS-OP06-Georgia.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112185639/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/B-Occasional-papers/SAS-OP06-Georgia.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 January 2011|title=Politics From The Barrel of a Gun|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=1998|page=40|author-link=Small Arms Survey}}</ref> |
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* {{flag|Iraq|1991}}{{sfn|Jacobson|1991|page=34}}<ref>{{cite book | author1-last=[[Marine Corps Intelligence Activity]] | title=Iraq Country Handbook |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office | date=1998 |url=https://www.sabrizain.org/iraq/Marines.pdf |page=A-18 |access-date=28 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050528131010/http://www.sabrizain.org/iraq/Marines.pdf |archive-date=28 May 2005}}</ref> |
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* {{PRK}} − Were used at least until 1997<ref name="NK">RG-42 Fragmentation Hand Grenade // North Korea Country Handbook MCIA-2630-NK-016-97. U.S. Department of Defense, May 1997. page A-94</ref> |
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* {{flag|Poland}}{{sfn|Department of the Army|1960|page=139}} − Were used at least until 2019<ref>"''W końcowej fazie poligonowego szkolenia zintegrowanego terytorialsi wykonywali rzut bojowym granatem zaczepnym RG-42.''"<br/>Bogusław Politowski. [http://www.polska-zbrojna.pl/home/articleshow/28931?t=Terytorialsi-na-poligonie-w-Wedrzynie Terytorialsi na poligonie w Wędrzynie] // "Polska Zbrojna" (August 5, 2019)</ref> |
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* {{ROM}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=753}} |
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* {{flag|Soviet Union}}<ref name=autogenerated1 /> |
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* {{flag|Ukraine}} − Several were kept in storage as late as 2017.<ref>[http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/241-2006-%D0%BF/page Розпорядження Кабінету міністрів України від 1 березня 2006 р. № 241 «Про затвердження переліку військового майна військ Цивільної оборони, яке може бути відчужено»]</ref><ref>[http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/450-2011-%D1%80 Розпорядження Кабінету міністрів України від 25 травня 2011 р. № 450-р «Деякі питання відчуження майна Оперативно-рятувальної служби цивільного захисту Міністерства надзвичайних ситуацій»]</ref><ref>[http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/547-2017-%D1%80 Розпорядження Кабінету міністрів України від 18 серпня 2017 р. № 547-р «Про затвердження переліку боєприпасів, що підлягають утилізації у 2017–2021 роках»]</ref> Seen in use as late as April 2024, according to the Russian MoD<ref>[https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/news/more.htm?id=12507730@egNews Военнослужащий армейского корпуса группировки войск «Восток» уничтожил 27 украинских боевиков в ходе захвата и удержания опорного пункта ВСУ в районе Новомихайловки] / official website of the Russian Ministry of Defense (April 5, 2024)<br/>[https://tvzvezda.ru/news/202445528-LbGX0.html Рядовой Максимов отбил четыре штурма и уничтожил 27 боевиков] / телеканал "[[Zvezda (TV channel)|Звезда]]" от 5 апреля 2024</ref> |
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* {{VIE}}{{sfn|Rottman|2012|page=31}} |
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==Western Sources== |
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* Brassey's Infantry Weapons of the World describes this grenade as having {{convert|118|g|oz|abbr=on}} of TNT, {{convert|20|m|yd}} fragmentation effect, and a {{convert|40|m|yd}} tossing range.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Owen |first=J.I.H |title=Brassey's Infantry Weapons of the World |publisher=Bonanza |year=1975 |isbn=0-517-242346 |location=New York, N.Y. |pages=222–223 |language=en}}</ref> |
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* According to ''Jane's'' the RG-42 have a height of {{convert|130|mm|in|abbr=on}} with fuse and {{convert|85|mm|in|abbr=on}} without, and a mass without fuse of {{convert|384|g|oz|abbr=on}}.{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=753}} |
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==References== |
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==Bibliography== |
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*{{cite book |author1-last=Bunker |author1-first=Robert J. |editor1-last=Tucker |editor1-first=Spencer C |editor2-last=Pierpaoli Jr |editor2-first=Paul G |editor3-last=Kim |editor3-first=Jinwung |editor4-last=Li |editor4-first=Xiaobing |editor5-last=Matray |editor5-first=James I. |title=The Encyclopedia of the Korean War: A Political, Social, and Military History [3 volumes] |date=2010 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-85109-850-7 |chapter=Grenades |pages=292−293 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QzHYEAAAQBAJ |language=en}} |
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*{{cite book |last1=Campbell |first1=David |title=Soviet Soldier vs Finnish Soldier: The Continuation War 1941–44 |date=2020 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4728-3828-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QTXpDwAAQBAJ |language=en}} |
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*{{cite book |last1=Department of the Army |first1=United States |title=Handbook on the Satellite Armies |date=1960 |publisher=Headquarters, Department of the Army |location=Washington, DC |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eoc-FktJHr0C|language=en}} |
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*{{cite book |last1=German |first1=Tracey C. |title=Russia's Chechen War |date=2003 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-43250-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4VaBAgAAQBAJ |language=en}} |
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*{{cite book |last1=Hahn |first1=Gordon M. |title=The Caucasus Emirate Mujahedin: Global Jihadism in Russia's North Caucasus and Beyond |date=2014 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1495-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KXWuBAAAQBAJ |language=en}} |
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*{{cite journal |last1=Jacobson |first1=Michael R |editor1-last=Garland |editor1-first=Albert N. |title=Iraqi Infantry |journal=Infantry |date= January–February 1991 |volume=81 |issue=1 |pages=33−37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qjTt-i8WCeIC |access-date=15 September 2024 |publisher=U.S. Army Infantry School |location=Fort Benning, GA |language=en}} |
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*{{cite book |editor1-last=Jones |editor1-first=Richard D |editor2-last=Ness |editor2-first=Leland S|title=Jane's Infantry Weapons 2010-2011 |date=2010 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Surrey |isbn=978-0-7106-2908-1 |edition=36th |language=en}} |
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*{{cite book |last1=Matinuddin |first1=Kamal |title=The Taliban Phenomenon Afghanistan 1994-1997: With An Afterword Covering Major Events Since 1997 |date=2000 |publisher=Lancer Publishers |isbn=978-81-7062-107-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FTuyX-PWQo8C |language=en}} |
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*{{cite book |last1=Rottman |first1=Gordon L. |title=The Hand Grenade |date=2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4728-0735-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3D-VCwAAQBAJ |language=en}} |
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*{{cite book |last1=Rottman |first1=Gordon L. |title=North Vietnamese Army Soldier 1958–75 |date=2012 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-84603-867-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iC21CwAAQBAJ |language=en}} |
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*{{cite book |last1=Russian General Staff |editor1-last=Grau |editor1-first=Lester W |editor2-last=Gress |editor2-first=Michael A. |editor1-link=Lester W. Grau |title=The Soviet-Afghan War: How a Superpower Fought and Lost |date=2002 |publisher=University Press of Kansas |isbn=978-0-7006-1185-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cB51AAAAMAAJ |language=en}} |
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*{{cite report |title=Weapons of the War in Ukraine | date=2021 | publisher=[[Conflict Armament Research]]| location=London | url=https://www.conflictarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Weapons-of-the-war-in-Ukraine-low.pdf |ref={{SfnRef|CAR|2021}}}} |
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*{{cite journal |last1=Yelshin |first1=Colonel N. |editor1-last=Kuchin |editor1-first=Valentin |title=Hand Grenades |journal=Soviet Military Review |date=October 1981 |issue=10 |pages=30−31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JWnfAAAAMAAJ |access-date=15 September 2024 |publisher=Krasnaya Zveda Publishing House. |location=Moscow |language=en}} |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.saunalahti.fi/~junkyard/grenades.html Finnish Junkyard] |
* [http://www.saunalahti.fi/~junkyard/grenades.html Finnish Junkyard] |
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==See also== |
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[[Category:World War II infantry weapons of the Soviet Union]] |
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[[Category:Fragmentation grenades]] |
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Latest revision as of 22:58, 17 December 2024
| RG-42 grenade | |
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| Type | Hand grenade |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| Used by | see Users |
| Wars | World War II, Continuation War,[1] Korean War, Vietnam War, Rhodesian Bush War, Soviet-Afghan War, Gulf War, Georgian Civil War, First Chechen War, Afghan Civil War (1992–1996), Insurgency in the North Caucasus, Russo-Ukrainian War |
| Production history | |
| Designer | S. G. Korshunov[2] |
| Designed | c. 1942 |
| Produced | 1942–1954 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 420 grams (15 oz)[2] |
| Height | 121 millimetres (4.8 in) |
| Diameter | 54 millimetres (2.1 in) |
| Filling | TNT |
| Filling weight | 110–120 grams (3.9–4.2 oz) |
Detonation mechanism | Time-fuze, 3.2–4.0 (3.2-4.2) seconds[2] |
The Soviet RG-42 (Ручная Граната образца 42 года > Ruchnaya Granata obraztsa 42 goda, "Hand Grenade pattern of [19]42 year") was a fragmentation grenade designed by S. G. Korshunov.
While it was introduced as a stopgap measure to replace the complex and expensive RGD-33 grenade, it remained in use with the Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact countries, and allied nations such as People's Republic of China after World War II. In Soviet service it was used until 1981 during the Soviet-Afghan war.
Design
[edit]Unlike the RGD-33, the RG-42 was a simple design, being a little more than a steel sheet cylinder filled with explosives.[3] It required no casting and were produced in existing can factories. It also shared the UZRG fuse used on the F-1 grenade.[4]
It contained approximately 110–120 g (3.9–4.2 oz) of the high explosive (TNT) in a cylindrical stamped-metal can.[3] According to Rottman, the fragmentation liner was a thin sheet of steel rolled into three layers with diamond shaped grooves.[4]
The RG-42 was fitted with a UZRG or UZRGM fuze with a 3.2−4.2 second delay, same types used by the F-1 and RGD-5 grenades.[3][5]
The grenade could be thrown about 30–40 m (33–44 yd) and has an effective fragmentation radius of approximately 25 m (27 yd).[6] While the blast effect is dangerous over radius of at least 10 m (11 yd).[3]
The total weight of the grenade with the fuze was 420 g (15 oz).[2]
History
[edit]The RG-42 was originally introduced during World War II from 1942 onwards as an emergency measure to replace the RGD-33 grenade,[1] a pre-war design which proved to be too complex to operate, too expensive and time consuming to produce.[7] It remained in use with the USSR, Warsaw Pact countries, and Communist China in the post-war period.[4]
After World War II, it saw action with Communist forces in the Korean War alongside the Chinese-made Type 42;[8] and North Vietnamese troops during the Vietnam War.[9]
The RG-42 was still used by Soviet troops alongside the F-1 and RGD-5 as late as 1981,[5] during the early stages of the Soviet-Afghan war.[10] In the mountains of Afghanistan, the 3.2−4.2 second delay fuze not only gave the mujahideen enough time to search for cover, but it also posed the danger of the grenade rolling back to friendly positions after it was thrown.[11] As result the RG-42 was replaced by the RGN and RGO hand grenades,[10] which were introduced mid-1980s.[4]
In the 1990s, it was still used by Iraqi forces during the Gulf War;[12] During the Georgian Civil War several paramilitary groups purchased ex-Soviet surplus grenades from Russian officers;[13] In 1992, prior to the First Chechen War, it was estimated that Chechen forces loyal to separatist leader Dzhokhar Dudayev captured 80,000 RG-42s from ex-Soviet stocks;[14] In 1994, several Afghan militias including the Taliban possessed some grenades alongside other Soviet small arms left behind following the collapse of the Najibullah regime.[15]
Despite the RG-42 age, it was "still likely to be found almost anywhere, especially in Africa and the Balkans" in the 2010s, according to Jane's;[3] In 2011, Azerbaijan security forces seized at least three grenades from Caucasus Emirate insurgents;[16] In 2019, during the war in Donbas, Ukrainian forces seized at least one grenade from the pro-Russian insurgents.[17]
Foreign copies
[edit]Although the RG-42 is considered obsolete, China still produced copies (as the Type 42 grenade) until the late 2000s, while Poland and Romania produced the RG-42 as late as 2010.[3]
According to US intelligence, Czechoslovakia and North Korea have also produced and used locally made copies of the RG-42.[18][19]
Users
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Afghanistan − Captured by the Afghan mujahideen[15]
Bulgaria[20]
Caucasus Emirate[21]
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria[22]
China − Produced locally as the Type 42[3]
Czechoslovakia[18]
East Germany[23][24]
Georgia − Used during civil conflicts in 1990s[13]
Iraq[12][25]
North Korea − Were used at least until 1997[19]
Poland[26] − Were used at least until 2019[27]
Romania[3]
Soviet Union[2]
Ukraine − Several were kept in storage as late as 2017.[28][29][30] Seen in use as late as April 2024, according to the Russian MoD[31]
Vietnam[9]
Western Sources
[edit]- Brassey's Infantry Weapons of the World describes this grenade as having 118 g (4.2 oz) of TNT, 20 metres (22 yd) fragmentation effect, and a 40 metres (44 yd) tossing range.[32]
- According to Jane's the RG-42 have a height of 130 mm (5.1 in) with fuse and 85 mm (3.3 in) without, and a mass without fuse of 384 g (13.5 oz).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Campbell 2020, p. 16.
- ^ a b c d e П. А. Гусак, А. М. Рогачев. Начальная военная подготовка (справочное пособие военрука). 2-е изд., доп. и перераб. Минск, 1975. стр.223–225
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Jones & Ness 2010, p. 753.
- ^ a b c d Rottman 2015, p. 31.
- ^ a b Yelshin 1981, p. 31.
- ^ Russian General Staff 2002, p. 41.
- ^ Rottman 2015, p. 30.
- ^ Bunker 2010, p. 292.
- ^ a b Rottman 2012, p. 31.
- ^ a b Russian General Staff 2002, pp. 40−41.
- ^ Russian General Staff 2002, p. 42.
- ^ a b Jacobson 1991, p. 34.
- ^ a b Small Arms Survey (1998). Politics From The Barrel of a Gun (PDF). Cambridge University Press. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2011.
- ^ German 2003, pp. 57−58.
- ^ a b Matinuddin 2000, p. 49−51.
- ^ Hahn 2014, pp. 228−229.
- ^ CAR 2021, p. 102.
- ^ a b Department of the Army 1960, p. 69.
- ^ a b RG-42 Fragmentation Hand Grenade // North Korea Country Handbook MCIA-2630-NK-016-97. U.S. Department of Defense, May 1997. page A-94
- ^ Department of the Army 1960, p. 48.
- ^ Hahn 2014, p. 229.
- ^ German 2003, p. 58.
- ^ Taschenkalender der Nationalen Volksarmee. Verlag des Ministeriums für Nationale Verteidigung, 1957
- ^ Department of the Army 1960, p. 95.
- ^ Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (1998). Iraq Country Handbook (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. A-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2005. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ Department of the Army 1960, p. 139.
- ^ "W końcowej fazie poligonowego szkolenia zintegrowanego terytorialsi wykonywali rzut bojowym granatem zaczepnym RG-42."
Bogusław Politowski. Terytorialsi na poligonie w Wędrzynie // "Polska Zbrojna" (August 5, 2019) - ^ Розпорядження Кабінету міністрів України від 1 березня 2006 р. № 241 «Про затвердження переліку військового майна військ Цивільної оборони, яке може бути відчужено»
- ^ Розпорядження Кабінету міністрів України від 25 травня 2011 р. № 450-р «Деякі питання відчуження майна Оперативно-рятувальної служби цивільного захисту Міністерства надзвичайних ситуацій»
- ^ Розпорядження Кабінету міністрів України від 18 серпня 2017 р. № 547-р «Про затвердження переліку боєприпасів, що підлягають утилізації у 2017–2021 роках»
- ^ Военнослужащий армейского корпуса группировки войск «Восток» уничтожил 27 украинских боевиков в ходе захвата и удержания опорного пункта ВСУ в районе Новомихайловки / official website of the Russian Ministry of Defense (April 5, 2024)
Рядовой Максимов отбил четыре штурма и уничтожил 27 боевиков / телеканал "Звезда" от 5 апреля 2024 - ^ Owen, J.I.H (1975). Brassey's Infantry Weapons of the World. New York, N.Y.: Bonanza. pp. 222–223. ISBN 0-517-242346.
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