Talk:F-1 hand grenade

Additional Images

F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade.

Romanian version of F-1 hand grenade with FGM fuze.

Discussion

"The F-1 Hand Grenade was a Soviet Era fragmentation grenade that was used during World War 2. It was still in use by Soviet military forces all the way through the 1980s, even though the RGD-5 was the standard issue grenade for front line Soviet forces as of the mid 1960s." I'm sorry but this paragraph is simply wrong. RGD-5 and F-1 was never considered in USSR/Russia as same class weapons. RGD-5 is offensive grenade i.e. grenade with limited effective range intended for use without cover. It replaced WW2 era RG-42 grenade. F-1 is defensive grenade with fragments flying range larger than range of throw therefore prohibited to use without cover. Usually motorized infantry troop carried two grenades: one RGD-5 and one F-1. Both grenades was replaced by new RGN (offensive) and RGO (defensive) grenades in 1980s but their design had some problems and collapse of USSR interfered so RGD-5 AND F-1 are still in use. I'm going to rewrite the section.VeNoo 07:27, 5 October 2011 (CDT)