Nismosonic
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Your UZRGM-2 for grenade RGD-5, not for F-1. UZRGM for RGD-5 has the same lever - shorter.Hi,
I have 2 genuine Russian F1 Grenades with original UZRGM fuses, one is a different length and shape than the other, longer one is UZRGM other is UZRGM-2. It’s not been cut down as stampings are complete.
anyone know why there’s a difference??
TY.
Went to look back at what I had left of Warsaw Pact grenades and fuzes obtained in Desert Storm. Oddly enough, my UZRGM is short spooned for the RGD-5 and the UZRGD-2 is configured for the F-1 and RG-42. My RGD-5 (Bulgarian?) has a DS-62. Mine seem to go opposite of what Nimosonic has shown. Thoughts?
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My fuse doesn’t have the circle cut out at top of lever like many others.
can anyone ID the nationality of bomb body?
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thank you.
On the export stuff found in Theater anything was possible. I pulled out 82mm mortars from 15 different manufacturers in one ammo pit. The grenades (packed with fuzes in separate cans) could have been mass assembled on site and the cans mixed. Another possibility is, did you empty them and bring home, or was it done by others? UZRGMs getting mixed up from grenade to grenade isn't something most techs paid much attention to.
I have wondered also, other than the shape of the lever, what are the differences between East German DF-62 fuzes and UZRGM used by other Eastern Bloc countries/why did the East Germans use a unique fuse on their F1s?