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Bulgarian RGO 78 - Info needed

Mikey25 said:
The pics at Lexpev show a piece of black plastic/rubber between the fuze and the body.. Any idea? Just asking, because I am looking for a DVM fuze..
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No idea, mine came without the rubber. On the two sectioned grens on lex' page there is also no rubber washer visible, so i realy don't know.
 
now, am I reading this right? This grenade was made in Bulgaria and is their export model correct? Or I have already heared it before here or read it.

:crossedlips:The number you will find on the spoon should be concentric circles and inside of it a 22 would mean Bulgaria and the fuze itself would make it an export model?

V40
 
V40 said:
now, am I reading this right? This grenade was made in Bulgaria and is their export model correct? Or I have already heared it before here or read it.

:crossedlips:The number you will find on the spoon should be concentric circles and inside of it a 22 would mean Bulgaria and the fuze itself would make it an export model?

V40
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Not the fuze, but the 'latin' text makes it an export model otherwise the text should be cyrillic.

The double circled 22 means bulgarian mfg.

I don't have any idea for wich maufacturer the 7 and/or 36 stands.
 
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Hi,
7 and 36 are lot numbers, not manufacturer. The number in the double circles is manufacturer.
 
V40 said:
. I also beleve that this model was the last production model grenade for the USSR. After that they went with the M75 (Plastic grenade) which was all plastic with very small bb's in it. .
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The RGO-78 has no relation to the USSR and the USSR also never had to do anything with the M75 nor does Russia have any plastic frag grenades in it's inventory.
Back before the USSR ceased to exist (and info started to flow) some western "experts" declared the Yugoslav M75 as a USSR product only because it had cyrillic markings on it. Unfortunately this is still being passed on by some people and publications. So be aware.
 
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