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Type 97 grenade
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The Type 97 hand grenade (九七式手榴弾, Kyūnana-shiki Teryūdan) was the standard fragmentation hand grenade of the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy SNLF during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.[1]
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Type 97 hand grenade | |
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![]() A Japanese Type 97 grenade, with the safety fork still in place | |
Type | Hand grenade |
Place of origin | Japan |
Service history | |
In service | 1937–1945 |
Used by | ![]() ![]() |
Wars | Second Sino-Japanese War Soviet-Japanese Border Wars World War II Chinese Civil War Hukbalahap Rebellion Indonesian National Revolution First Indochina War Malayan Emergency[citation needed] |
Production history | |
Designed | 1936 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 0.45 kg (16 oz) |
Length | 3.78 in (9.6 cm) |
Filling | TNT |
Filling weight | 65 g (2.3 oz) |
Detonation mechanism | Pyrotechnic delay 4 to 5 seconds |
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