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F1 grenade (Australia)larger figure on 1 of 3
RGD-5larger figure on 2 of 3
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Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | F1 grenade (Australia) | RGD-5 |
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| Type | Time-fuzed hand grenade[source] | Hand grenade[source] |
| Place of origin | Australia[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | Late 1990s–present[source] | 1954–present[source] |
| Wars | War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Iraq War Russo-Ukrainian War[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 |
Height
Single source96 mm (3.8 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designer | Australian Defence Industries[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1990s[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Thales Australia (formerly Australian Defence Industries)[source] | Vytis[source]Lithuanian licensed copy · production 1992–1996 |
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| Produced | 1990s–present[source] | — |
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| Filling | RDX , phlegmatized with paraffin wax[source] | Trinitrotoluene[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | Time-delay fuze (4.5–5.5 seconds)[source] | 3.2 to 4.2 seconds. pyrotechnic delay fuse[source] |
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| Blast yield | — | ~350 fragments[source] |
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