Bangalore torpedo vs RGD-5: Specs Compared

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ABombs, grenades & mines

Bangalore torpedo

Explosive charge

BBombs, grenades & mines

RGD-5

Hand grenade

Credit

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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Bangalore torpedoup to in

≤ 15 m

Length source ↗

RGD-5Length

0.1168 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Measured figures

Head to head

13 of 50 rows sourced on both sides

≤ 15mup to in

117mm

Length

All recorded figures & sources

≤ 1.5 m

M1A1

Single source

≤ 1.5 m

sections (general)

Single source

Configuration

Details

Bangalore torpedo and RGD-5 configuration
Specification	Bangalore torpedo	RGD-5
Type	Explosive charge^[source]	Hand grenade^[source]
Place of origin	British India^[source]	Soviet Union^[source]
In service	1914–present^[source]	1954–present^[source]
Wars	World War I World War II Korean War Vietnam War Yom Kippur War War in Afghanistan Russian Invasion of Ukraine^[source]	Vietnam War Six-Day War The Troubles Yom Kippur War Soviet–Afghan War Iran–Iraq War Invasion of Kuwait Gulf War First Chechen War Kosovo War Second Chechen War Iraq War Russo-Georgian War First Libyan Civil War Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War

Designer	Captain R. L. McClintock^[source]	—

Designed	1912^[source]	—

Produced	February 1943 – November 1944 (M1A1)^[source]	—

No. built	Approximately 3,255,000 torpedo sections (M1A1)^[source]	—

Variants	M1 Bangalore Torpedo series, Advanced Performance Bangalore Torpedo (L26A1 Bangalore Torpedo Demolition Charge), Bangalore Blade, F60 Bangalore Torpedo^[source]	—

Filling	TNT , 80–20 TNT and ammonium nitrate (M1A1), C4 (modern production)^[source]	Trinitrotoluene^[source]

Detonation mechanism	Detonator^[source]	3.2 to 4.2 seconds. pyrotechnic delay fuse^[source]

References	Catalogue of Standard Ordnance Items , Second Edition 1944, Volume III, p. 598^[source]	—

Manufacturer	Mondial Defence Systems^[source]Manufactured until 2017	Vytis^[source]Lithuanian licensed copy · production 1992–1996

Blast yield	—	~350 fragments^[source]

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