TYPE – Stick-type high explosive fragmentation hand grenade
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – People’s Republic of China
DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1949
LENGTH – 22.9 cm (9 in)
WIDTH (DIAMETER) – 5 cm (1.97 in)
WEIGHT – 0.50 kg (17.6 oz)
EFFECT – Blast and fragmentation
BURST RADIUS – 10m (11 yards)
FUSE TYPE – Pull-ring/String friction igniter
FUSE INITIATION – Pull on ring/string under bottom cap
FUSE DELAY – 4 to 5 seconds
FILLER – Picric Acid
FILLER WEIGHT – 0.99 g (3.5 oz)
FILLER EQUIVALENT TO TNT (R.E.) – 1.17
AVERAGE RANGE – 32 m (35 yards)
COLOR CODE – Black or Olive Drab painted head, raw or varnished wood handle
MANUFACTURER – State Arsenals
STATUS – Obsolete
SERVICE – Chinese People’s Army and Allies
This is also copy of a Japanese WWII design, in this case the Type 98 stick grenade. A basic change in the design was the addition of external serrations to the fragmentation head. The stick handle is very much a copy of the German WWII Stiehlgranate 24 style with the closing plug being a wooden stopper rather than a screw cap.
