RG-41

Drawing of RG-41 grenade

The Soviet RG-41 was a fragmentation grenade developed during World War II. It was in production for only short time from 1941 to 1942 before being replaced by RG-42.^[1]

It contained a 150 g high explosive charge in a cylindrical can; the total weight was about 440 grams. The grenade could be thrown about 30 to 50 meters; the lethal radius was up to 5 meters; the maximum lethal radius was up to 15 meters.^[1]

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1 2 http://army.armor.kiev.ua/hist/rg-41.shtml (Russian)

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Soviet infantry weapons of World War II

Side-arms	Nagant M1895 Mauser C96 TK pistol TT pistol

Rifles and carbines	Mosin–Nagant Fedorov Avtomat AVS-36 SVT-38/40 SKS

Submachine guns	PPD PPSh-41 PPS-43

Grenades	M1914/30 RGD-33 F1 RG-41 RG-42 RPG-40 RPG-43 RPG-6

Machine guns	M1910 Maxim Maxim-Tokarev DP PV-1 DS-39 SG-43 Goryunov DShK

Anti-tank rifles and flamethrowers	PTRD PTRS-41 ROKS-2/ROKS-3

Cartridges	7.62×25mm Tokarev 7.62×38mmR 7.62×54mmR 12.7×108mm 14.5×114mm

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RG-41

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