F-1 (hand grenade)
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| General Information | |
| Designation: | F-1 |
| Type: | defensive hand grenade (i.e. with a stronger fragmentation effect) |
| Country of origin: | Soviet Union |
| Technical specifications | |
| Combat weight: | 600 grams |
| Charge: | 60 g TNT |
| Length: | 117 mm |
| Diameter: | 55 mm |
| Ignition delay: |
3.5-4 seconds |
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The F-1 is a Soviet hand grenade .
commitment
The F-1 is a defensive hand grenade and is intended for use out of cover, such as from trenches, shelters or armored vehicles. The effective deadly fragment radius is around 20 m, but individual parts of the grenade can still be lethal within up to 200 m. The cast iron body of the grenade is pre-fragmented by deep grooves, which disintegrate into up to 300 fragments when detonated. The standard UZRG-M detonator, which can be screwed out, can also be used in other types of hand grenades, such as the RGD-5 .
The F-1 was introduced to the Red Army during World War II and was part of their equipment for several decades. It was also given to the Warsaw Pact armies . The F-1 is no longer produced today and is being replaced by the Russian armed forces with more modern and lighter models such as the RGO and RGN. Like many other Russian armaments, however, it can still be found in large quantities around the world, especially in Arab and African countries.
training
The bodies of these hand grenades were used in very large numbers (painted red) for training all over the GDR, for example in school sports, but also in various sports clubs and athletics tournaments. In school sports, the children first started with the so-called hit ball, then switched to F-1 in the higher grades. It was about target throw and above all long throw.