Early type of RGD 33 ,practice ,section ,school

[1944kam21]

hello guys ,last my catch taken out from the ground . An early (1933) type of russ grenade RGD 33 in practice ,training ,school version ,cut of ,without tnt (replaced by wooden block ) ,with wooden fuze. Never seen this stuff before.

 

[paul the grenade]

thats a great find. well done.:tinysmile_fatgrin_t
the catch on the top is one ive not seen before.
cheers, paul.

 

[1944kam21]

the catch on the top is one ive not seen before.

Yes Paul,this is early type of fuze lock ,from 1933

 

[Grenademan2005]

Another important data for the files. Thank you Man! :top:

 

[V40]

Great find! I also have not seen that cover before. Can you give me an idea on how it would go over the hole?

 

[Freaky]

What you got is not a RGD-33, but a RGU-38. I have never seen a real one before. If you can read Russian it is a flyer at Lexpevs page her.

Cheers
Freaky

 

[1944kam21]

What you got is not a RGD-33, but a RGU-38. I have never seen a real one before. If you can read Russian it is a flyer at Lexpevs page her.

Cheers
Freaky

no ,this is an early RGD 33 ,this one from your link has modern hamdle ,in mine RGD handle is typical for RGD 33's .

 

[jhonni \]

More info about "UIM RGD-33" (1939)
http://trizna.ru/galerea/albums/userpics/UI_RGD_33.pdf

and big thanks Paul Spence for good photo "UIM RGD-33"!

 

[Freaky]

Great info flyer you mad there Jhonni. Any chance it can be translated into English?

 

[jhonni \]

Yep, i'll try later but my english is very bad.....

 

[Freaky]

Looking forward to that one mate, and every one her will/can help you with thw translation you know

Cheers

 

[jhonni \]

As minimum you got a drawnings now...

 

[V40]

Frags...

It also appears to have mutiple layers inside of sheets that appear to be metal? I know that when I had mine it came with a slide on frag sleeve. Why so many metal sheets inside including the walls of the grenade itself?

 

[jhonni \]

IF your question about armed variety RGD-33:
-First of all RGD33 without sleeve was as offensive grenade (its fragment's had a small effective casualty radius).
-With sleeve grenade was as defensive and had a big effective casualty radius.
Layers into the body very thin and fragment's had a little size after detonation (10x10x0.8mm).

 

[jhonni \]

On photos is a RGD33 layers with body and fragment's