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RG-42 hand grenade
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The RG-42 was a fragmentation grenade designed in the Soviet Union during WWII, when production was not sufficient to supply the original pre-war hand grenades. It was essentially a redesign of the short-lived RG-41 grenade to use the UZRGM universal grenade fuze, also used on the F-1 hand grenade and later the RGD-5. The production is a very simple design compared to the complicated RGD-33 stick grenade. After the war, the grenade continued to be produced in Poland and China. It was eventually replaced in Soviet use by the RGD-5, starting in 1954.
Specifications
- (1942 - 1954, all remaining examples destroyed in the 1980s due to unstable TNT filler)
- Type: Offensive hand grenade
- Length: 130 mm
- Weight: 384 g (420 g with fuze), filler 200g TNT
- Blast radius: 30 meters
- Fuze: UZRGM universal time fuze, 3-4 seconds.
The RG-42 hand grenade and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Turning Point (Velikiy perelom) | Vladimir Maryev | Lt. Fyodorov | 1945 | |
| Victorious Return (Majup ar uzvaru) | Pavel Volkov | Melnikov | 1948 | |
| Five Days, Five Nights (Fünf Tage - Fünf Nächte) | Soviet soldier | 1961 | ||
| Spring (Kwiecien) | Franciszek Pieczka | Pvt. Anklewicz | 1961 | |
| The Orphans (Podranki) | 1976 | |||
| From the Bug to the Vistula (Ot Buga do Visly) | Soviet partisans | 1980 | ||
| Captive (Plennyy) | Seen among captured firearms | 2008 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Saboteur 3: Crimea (Diversant. Krym) | Kirill Pletnyov | Aleksey Bobrikov | As booby traps | 2020 |
| Soviet sailors |
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forgotten Hope 2 | "RG-42" | Added in v2.64 "Compagnons" | 2007 | |
| G.B.R : Special Commando Unit | 2008 | |||
| Company of Heroes 2 | 2013 | |||
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | RG42 | 2016 | ||
| Heroes & Generals | 2016 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Squad: The Moment of Truth | 2009 |