13-011-950

NAME – M50 Offensive Grenade

COMMON NAMES – M50 Grenade

TYPE – Blast-type hand grenade

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Belgium

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1950

LENGTH – 9.7 cm (3.82 in)

WIDTH (DIAMETER) – 4.9 cm (1.93 in)

WEIGHT – 0.21 kg (7.41 oz)

EFFECT – Blast and limited fragmentation

BURST RADIUS – 3 m (3.3 yards)

FUSE TYPE – M50Bg Pull ring/safety lever fuze

FUSE INITIATION – Release of safety lever

FUSE DELAY – 4 seconds

FILLER – TNT/Potassium Nitrate mix (65% TNT, 35% KNO3)

FILLER WEIGHT – 0.050 kg (1.76 oz)

FILLER EQUIVALENT TO TNT (R.E.) – 0.90

AVERAGE RANGE – 30 to 40 m (33 to 44 yards)

COLOR CODE – Mustard-yellow body, red ring, black markings

MARKINGS – red ring at top of body, 1st line – GREN OFF, 2nd line – M.50, 3rd line – T.N.T. / S35/65, 4th line – P.R.B. 12/53

MANUFACTURER – Poudrerie Réunis Belge (PRB), Belgium

STATUS – Out of production

SERVICE – Belgian military, commercial military sales