Type 73 Chinese Anti-Personnel Grenade
Type 73
Anti-Personnel Grenade
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Basic Information
Name
Type 73 Chinese Anti-Personnel Grenade
Designation
Type 73
Alternate Designation
Type 73
Equipment Type
Anti-Personnel Grenade
Manufacturer
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Date of Introduction
1973
Description
The Type 73 Chinese Anti-Personnel Grenade is a high-explosive (HE), anti-personnel (AP), defensive, fragmentation, hand grenade that contains an impact, all-ways-acting, cocked-striker fuze.
System
Alternate Designation
Type 73
Type
Anti-Personnel Grenade
Manufacturer
INA
Design
The grenade body consists of outer and inner two-piece bodies, the explosive charge and the fuze well insert with the detonator.
The outer grenade body consists of a hemispherical lower end and a cylindrical upper end that has a rounded top with a fuze well opening.
The two sections are joined together by a roll crimp.
The inner body, which is a fragmentation sleeve, is believed to be constructed in two pieces and conforms to the shape of the outer body.
Charge
The explosive charge is housed in the inner body and has a large detonator well that accepts the detonator. It contains approximately 580, 3-millimetre steel balls in a matrix.
Note
The grenade is used against personnel, materiel and moving targets and it can function as a booby-trap.
Dimensions
Length
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Diameter
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Weight
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Details
Country of Origin
China
Category
Land
Land
Filter Label
T
Classification
Domain
Ground
Equipment Status
Active
Operators (1)
China
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