M61 Fragmentation Grenade

Body is thin sheet metal.

Olive drab color with a single yellow band at the top.

Fragments are from a serrated wire coil inside the grenade body.

Weight is 16 ounces

Fuse Delay: 4-5 seconds

Average soldier can throw it about 40 meters...shorter distances more accurately.

Killing radius: 5 meters

Wounding radius: 15 meters

Danger from stray fragments: 230 meters

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From Operational Medicine 2001: Health Care in Military Settings
CAPT Michael John Hughey, MC, USNR
NAVMED P-5139
  January 1, 2001

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