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NAME – HdGr 69

NAME (NATIVE) – Defensive Hand Grenade Type 69

COMMON NAMES – HdGr 69 [Hand Grenade 69]

TYPE – Fragmentation hand grenade

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Austria

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1969

LENGTH – 11.5 cm (4.53 in)

WIDTH (DIAMETER) – 6 cm (2.36 in)

WEIGHT – 0.485 kg (1 lb 1 oz)

EFFECT – Blast and fragmentation, 3,500 2.5 to 2.3 mm (0.098 to 0.091 in) steel balls

BURST RADIUS – 20 m (22 yards)

FUSE TYPE – Pull ring/safety lever

FUSE INITIATION – Release of safety lever

FUSE DELAY – 4 seconds

FILLER – PETN

FILLER WEIGHT – 0.065 kg (2.29 oz)

FILLER EQUIVALENT TO TNT (R.E.) – 1.66

AVERAGE RANGE – 38 m (42 yards)

COLOR CODE – Olive drab plastic casing with four horizontal raised rings

MARKINGS – ARGES on one side of body top, HdGr 69 on opposite side, both in raised letters, on some production, markings are between the horizontal rings and on one side

MANUFACTURER – ARGES m.b.H. Schwanenstadt/Rüstorf, Austria

STATUS – Production completed

SERVICE – Austrian military, international military sales