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RG-42
Grenade
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The RG-42 (РГ-42) is a Soviet (Russian), World War Two (WW2)-era developed, defensive, high explosive fragmentation (HE-frag), hand grenade. The RG-42 is a further development of the RG-41 (РГ-41), and was developed to replace the RG-41 and earlier RGD-33 (РГД-33), and to supplement the World War One-era developed F-1 (Ф-1) hand grenade. In comparison to the RGD-33, the RG-42 is a far simpler and cheaper design, but still more complex than...
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