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NAME – HG 79

NAME (NATIVE) – ARGES Hand Grenade 79

COMMON NAMES – HG 79

TYPE – Fragmentation hand grenade

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Austria

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1979

LENGTH – 9.6 cm (3.78 in)

WIDTH (DIAMETER) – 5.7 cm (2.24 in)

WEIGHT – 0.365 kg (13 oz)

EFFECT – Blast and fragmentation, 4,400 2.0 to 2.3 mm (0.078 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 – 0.040 kg (1.4 oz)

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

AVERAGE RANGE – 44 m (48 yards)

COLOR CODE – Olive drab plastic casing with raised ridges

MARKINGS – ARGES on one side of body, HG 79 on opposite side, both in raised letters

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

STATUS – Production completed

SERVICE – Austrian military, international military sales