The body of this grenade was used against me in Iraq in 2003. It was placed in a small wooden box filled with loose shrapnel (nuts, bolts, rocks and glass). A crude fuse was added. It exploded just 8 feet (2 and a half meters) behind me. I was peppered in my legs, lower back and right arm with shrapnel. It resulted with the loss of a kidney and a spinal injury, but I recovered and continued my career serving another 18 years. I'd never underestimate this grenade. It is crude, but it gets the job done!
RG-42 in Polish service was used until 2019, the production in Poland stopped around end of 80's the begging of 90's. As in 88 and 89 the RGO-88 and RGZ-89 grenades were introduced to Polish Military. Those are polymer body grenades with prefabricated shrapnel in form of ball bearings balls encased in a polymer in RGO-88, and in RGZ-89 the polymer body with a shrapnel in a form of pre-cut metal wire encased in a polymer. The RGZ-89 has similar shape as RG-42 while RGO-88 has a shape similar to RGD-5. As for the RG-42 production i'm almost certain that the production was stopped just after the RGO-88 and RGZ-89 entered service, but since the production in Poland started in 1948 and continued to the end of 80's, and the volume of production per year was substantial... the stockpiles of RG-42 of Polish Army are still very high. As well as the F-1 type grenades that also were in the production in Poland since 1947 untill end of the 80's...
At least you guys had a simple grenade! Hungary was stuck with the terrible inertia-fuzed stick grenade for a long time. An extremely unreliable ignition method and thus an unreliable and unsafe grenade.
34k views in less than 24 hours? looks like you’re finally getting the subs and views that you deserve, my dude! i’m glad you’re still alive and kicking. be safe.
A lot of people seem to treat 'simple' or 'crude' weapons as obviously worse, or at least beneath their notice. The Soviets especially did an incredible job of making weapons that were easy to make, and perfectly adequate. The worst weapon is the one you dont have, and the ability to make sure everyone has, for example, grenades, is incredibly valuable
Thanks for making all this content Mr. Gear, you’re literally a legend, my skill and knowledge in weapons craft has leveled up nutty amounts. And that wouldn’t have been possible without your content, may Christ bless you warrior and may your people live peaceful and long lives, may all of you survive♥️♥️♥️
I was performing a task in a joint squad with the Kraken unit, 4 hours before the operation, we met in the Cossack (Mrap) and the guys told us to show us what grenades we have, so I am the only Pole taking out the Polish RG-42 and saying that these are great grenades, the guy started laughing. and asked if we had any grenades not from WWII. from my point of view, ~uzrgm fuse grenades are much better for traps than the American ones
Thank you for very interesting video (I am a soldier too) and sharing your experience. Ukrainian army is the most experienced army so we all will be teaching us. After your victory, of course. And I hope Ukraine will win. I can apprehend how many people think it is possible to do an agreement with Russia. No, Russia must lose this war otherwise Ukraine will be destroyed. I am proud of my country for support Ukraine. Greetings and support from The Czech Republic. Valgear and all fighters and inhabitants of Ukraine stay safe. You are heroes🇨🇿❤️🇺🇦
*I'm guessing the blast propagates from the base, pushing a lot of fragments "up" towards the "top"..causing the pattern we saw.* Very interesting video.
Wow, I'm very impressed. I think this is probably more effective than the M2 while probably costing half as much. It does what the M2 was meant to do with the perforated metal for enhanced shrapnel. But, to be fair it was developed 26 years after the M2
If by M2 you're referring to the Mk II "Pineapple Grenade", it wasn't actually "prefragmented" it was a safer version of the Mk I which was itself a copy of a French WWI Grenade the US rapidly made upon entering WWI. So it was made long before prefragmenting the body was even considered to increase fragmentation, the "Chunks" of the Mk II are PURELY for grip so you don't drop it or have it slip out your hand. It wasn't until the M26 "Lemon Grenade" and later M33/M67 still used today that Prefragmented liners were added for enhanced fragmentation.
Glad you're well mate, keep safe. These remind me of an offensive grenade more than a defensive one, except for the scored inner liner it would pass for an offensive grenade with ease.
Unfortunately still used widely in Polish armed forces even tho we already made a new offensive hand grenade called RGZ-89 which still looks kinda soviet, we also made a Thermobaric hand grenade and the early versions literally looked like the RG 42, Hopefully when I will oficially be a polish soldier I won't be using the RG 42 but hell its still kinda could be cool to use such a old hand grenade yet I would be very anxious about its age
I think most of the RGD-33s that ever existed where expended on the eastern front before the RG 42 got into the hands of solders. Thats the thing about why theres so few examples of many historical hand grenades, they are by their nature one time use items, and the old stock is going to go to the front first before the new stock. There are many WW1 era grenades for example whos only live example is sitting under a meter of dirt in France, simply because whatever unused stock existed post WW1 was quickly used at the start of WW2
Seeing recent trench clearing footage revealed to me the sheer number of grenades needed. I guess it made sense to have cheap and abundant supply of them. Effective when every soldier has plenty of them.
It's fascinating how little frag was blown out of the frag sleeves. I'd have expected every little cut out to explode into shrapnel. But looks as if very little of it actually worked as intended. The one sleeve was still entirely whole! Fascinating. Also, love and support for all Ukrainian warriors, from USA.
Make sense for trench warfare, if the soldiers manage to throw it in the right orientation then it would easily injure a lot of the defenders along the trench line.
The stamps on the late production polish grenade reminds me of the stamps on the large filter of an old polish gp-5 (MP-3-MUA) style mask I own. Funny enough the material and color of the large filter matches that of the grenade, and seems to be a trope of a lot of old soviet stuff like slings, canvas materials and such.
Sir please survive this war so you can continue to make these very informative videos about weapons that no one else can get their hands on! SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦
In the united. States of america we prefer ground wound base guitar wire Rolled into a coil And glued to the inside Like a Quarter inch thick spool When the device goes off The wire stretches out like a spring and little segments break off Every ring is pre cut So they fly out like tiny little rings Way more powerful than the russian weapon
Have you come across any Australian F1 and F2 grenades? I know we supplied quite a lot of them. Completely different to the Soviet F1 grenade of course.
You must have great thrust in soviet engineering and non boobytrapped fuse. If I'd be evil Russian guy, I'd forget a few crates with zero delay fuses, behind the lines......
They are. The editing was a big off. I think he was showing a fizzle. Where the main charge failed so only the detonator blew the body apart. This gave him the opportunity to show the frag sleeve "intact".
What happened was that we were testing bundle charge, made out of leftover rg42 bodies, while the centre one exploded, other bodies around did not and just got squished and flew in all directions, that's how I got the sample
The body of this grenade was used against me in Iraq in 2003. It was placed in a small wooden box filled with loose shrapnel (nuts, bolts, rocks and glass). A crude fuse was added. It exploded just 8 feet (2 and a half meters) behind me. I was peppered in my legs, lower back and right arm with shrapnel. It resulted with the loss of a kidney and a spinal injury, but I recovered and continued my career serving another 18 years. I'd never underestimate this grenade. It is crude, but it gets the job done!
Hey man, how was it determined it was this grenade body? Perhaps by the pieces of shrapnel removed?
@@berganalphabet chunks of the body will remain even if its been exploded. the old TNT inside isn't that devastating
Any tips on countering, healing, avoiding, etc?
TY for your service btw!
@@AldoSchmedack pry the big guys dont decide to do war
RG-42 in Polish service was used until 2019, the production in Poland stopped around end of 80's the begging of 90's. As in 88 and 89 the RGO-88 and RGZ-89 grenades were introduced to Polish Military. Those are polymer body grenades with prefabricated shrapnel in form of ball bearings balls encased in a polymer in RGO-88, and in RGZ-89 the polymer body with a shrapnel in a form of pre-cut metal wire encased in a polymer. The RGZ-89 has similar shape as RG-42 while RGO-88 has a shape similar to RGD-5. As for the RG-42 production i'm almost certain that the production was stopped just after the RGO-88 and RGZ-89 entered service, but since the production in Poland started in 1948 and continued to the end of 80's, and the volume of production per year was substantial... the stockpiles of RG-42 of Polish Army are still very high. As well as the F-1 type grenades that also were in the production in Poland since 1947 untill end of the 80's...
At least you guys had a simple grenade! Hungary was stuck with the terrible inertia-fuzed stick grenade for a long time. An extremely unreliable ignition method and thus an unreliable and unsafe grenade.
Grenades and warheads with fragmentation liners, and pre-engraved fragmentation have always fascinated me
It's effed up. My grandpa had shrapnel in him until the day he died.
i believe its to increase the brisance effect.
Lol thee ppl we subbed too are very similar 😂
Same, I have so many research PDF files about external ballistics and fragmentation characteristics etc. it's so fascinating man
So grenades in general?
Me watching 2nd test: I wonder how hes going to arm the grenade
Val: Pulls pin and casually sets it down
Me: Oh....
Lol in the classic slavic fashion
I'm I the only one to feel a bit of relief when I see a new Val video?
No, people spam it in the comments for literally every single video for the last 2 years.
@@Stunkosbecause he’s a cool seeming guy in a fucking war zone. It is nice to see he’s alive.
@@beekydogg can't wait till the day he stops posting tho😂😂😂
@@user-ki4llalm6kr What a disgusting thing to say. It really reflects poorly on you as a person. You're probably a bot though.
@@user-ki4llalm6kr Meaning the end of the nasty war started by the Kiev regime, and follow through by Putin.
Always good to see you safe.
Very interesting. They are still found relativly often, burried under the earth in the east of my country, as relicts of the end phase of WW2
Hearing the fragments sing through the air after the deep bass thump gives one an idea of how deadly effective this grenade is.
Not just this grenade. All grenades. No matter how shoddily crafted.
Wishing you and all yours, all the best of luck from here in England. Stay strong, stay safe.
20:45 HAHA! He ignites a grenade like I would light fireworks as a kid!
20:45? Video is 12:27 long.
@@akyukon maybe he means 10:45?
@@GavinC.S nah he watch the extra premium version
Never underestimate a Campbell's soup can.
34k views in less than 24 hours? looks like you’re finally getting the subs and views that you deserve, my dude! i’m glad you’re still alive and kicking. be safe.
nice to see you're safe
this thing has the optimal form to be reused as a bean can if it's a dud
A lot of people seem to treat 'simple' or 'crude' weapons as obviously worse, or at least beneath their notice.
The Soviets especially did an incredible job of making weapons that were easy to make, and perfectly adequate. The worst weapon is the one you dont have, and the ability to make sure everyone has, for example, grenades, is incredibly valuable
Val, you're a madlad! Plopped down that frag and didn't even duck!
Val! How are you? Nice seeing you uploading! So at least we now you are allright
He's on leave in the Carpathians and plans to film some camo vidoes.
The way he ran from the grenade at the end was my favourite Val gear footage 😂
One of these days we need a grenade tier list
Thanks for what you're doing Valgear. Glad to see such professional/honorable soldiers in the AFU.
Just found this channel. Wow. I hope there is more just like this. Love the breakdown and delivery. Great job bro
Thanks for making all this content Mr. Gear, you’re literally a legend, my skill and knowledge in weapons craft has leveled up nutty amounts. And that wouldn’t have been possible without your content, may Christ bless you warrior and may your people live peaceful and long lives, may all of you survive♥️♥️♥️
Much love from New England, Val. Stay strong and stay safe. 🇺🇸♥️🇺🇦
This belongs into a museum!
I was performing a task in a joint squad with the Kraken unit, 4 hours before the operation, we met in the Cossack (Mrap) and the guys told us to show us what grenades we have, so I am the only Pole taking out the Polish RG-42 and saying that these are great grenades, the guy started laughing. and asked if we had any grenades not from WWII. from my point of view, ~uzrgm fuse grenades are much better for traps than the American ones
I doubt anyone on the receiving end would be mocking it...
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Best this type of videos from Val, stay safe.
Thanks for the great content! Stay safe out there
Thanks my friend. Very interesting
This is an excellent video, thank you. Gus
Thank you for very interesting video (I am a soldier too) and sharing your experience. Ukrainian army is the most experienced army so we all will be teaching us. After your victory, of course. And I hope Ukraine will win. I can apprehend how many people think it is possible to do an agreement with Russia. No, Russia must lose this war otherwise Ukraine will be destroyed. I am proud of my country for support Ukraine. Greetings and support from The Czech Republic. Valgear and all fighters and inhabitants of Ukraine stay safe. You are heroes🇨🇿❤️🇺🇦
Well said mate. Keep safe yourself. Slava Ukraini. Best wishes from South Africa.
*I'm guessing the blast propagates from the base, pushing a lot of fragments "up" towards the "top"..causing the pattern we saw.* Very interesting video.
I’m pretty sure it’s the fuze getting blown out the top of the grenade.
@@_car5323
No kidding.
Nice!!
Interesting hybrid between a "offensive" and "defensive" grenade.
simple tool but yet it probably goes boom.
your english has changed, you‘re better than me now!
Love the new style on the thumbnail. Godspeed👍
Love the video and always look forward to them❤
Val is THE BEST.
Keep up the good work and stay safe💪🇺🇦😃🇳🇴
Thank you good sir.
bro really rubbing TNT powder between his fingers LOL damnnn
For those who don't know, TNT is poisonous and can irritate the skin. I would certainly not recommend rubbing it in fingers.
great video val! love the content!
Valgear, please do videos on the main Soviet grenades used in the conflict like F-1 and RGD-5 and your opinions on both!
the angry bean tin lol
Glad to se another video , stay safe brother
Wow, I'm very impressed. I think this is probably more effective than the M2 while probably costing half as much. It does what the M2 was meant to do with the perforated metal for enhanced shrapnel. But, to be fair it was developed 26 years after the M2
If by M2 you're referring to the Mk II "Pineapple Grenade", it wasn't actually "prefragmented" it was a safer version of the Mk I which was itself a copy of a French WWI Grenade the US rapidly made upon entering WWI.
So it was made long before prefragmenting the body was even considered to increase fragmentation, the "Chunks" of the Mk II are PURELY for grip so you don't drop it or have it slip out your hand.
It wasn't until the M26 "Lemon Grenade" and later M33/M67 still used today that Prefragmented liners were added for enhanced fragmentation.
Great video, tkank you!
Glad you're well mate, keep safe.
These remind me of an offensive grenade more than a defensive one, except for the scored inner liner it would pass for an offensive grenade with ease.
I seen this Grenade on the Buar110 Channel dropped from Drones. Its Brutally Effective
Unfortunately still used widely in Polish armed forces even tho we already made a new offensive hand grenade called RGZ-89 which still looks kinda soviet, we also made a Thermobaric hand grenade and the early versions literally looked like the RG 42, Hopefully when I will oficially be a polish soldier I won't be using the RG 42 but hell its still kinda could be cool to use such a old hand grenade yet I would be very anxious about its age
Ooh! Vintage! Will you do any of the other WWII Soviet grenades like the RGD-33?
i doubt someone has access to functional RGD-33 nowadays
I think most of the RGD-33s that ever existed where expended on the eastern front before the RG 42 got into the hands of solders.
Thats the thing about why theres so few examples of many historical hand grenades, they are by their nature one time use items, and the old stock is going to go to the front first before the new stock. There are many WW1 era grenades for example whos only live example is sitting under a meter of dirt in France, simply because whatever unused stock existed post WW1 was quickly used at the start of WW2
Seeing recent trench clearing footage revealed to me the sheer number of grenades needed. I guess it made sense to have cheap and abundant supply of them. Effective when every soldier has plenty of them.
I always liked the look of the RG-42, it was in Metal Gear Solid 3(both a frag variant and an ECM Variant that produced Chaff).
Absolutely brilliant thanks for sharing first one of your videos lve seen definitely got a subscription here
Val, brother
Next time make it the MG 42!
Best regards
MG3 champ, the MG42's are all in 7.92 Mauser as opposed to 7.62x51 NATO, but yes that would be an awesome tool to showcase!
@@thepatriotsrage661 i know i know, said 42 for the joke
@@KikoMCR :)
I love your viedos. Greatings from Poland 🇵🇱❤️🇺🇦
It's fascinating how little frag was blown out of the frag sleeves. I'd have expected every little cut out to explode into shrapnel. But looks as if very little of it actually worked as intended. The one sleeve was still entirely whole! Fascinating. Also, love and support for all Ukrainian warriors, from USA.
Thats a vicious little grenade at close range, woah
Good to see you again Val
Much love from Canada! Thanks for the videos! Slava Ukraini!❤
Have you done a video on the RKG-3 anti tank grenade yet? That would be cool to see. Ran into a handful of those during my time in Iraq.
In videogames they always make grenades seem much more powerful than they are in real life
lol that last test was spicy. nice
Make sense for trench warfare, if the soldiers manage to throw it in the right orientation then it would easily injure a lot of the defenders along the trench line.
11:56 grenade bullseye 💀
Poor liner breakup, though I suppose the larger shards and fragments cause more severe wounds and have an easier time defeating soft armor.
great factual video
An other interesting video, the second test looked a bit dangerous, please stay safe, not only on the frontline ;)
Happy you're safe and hope it stays that way! Hope this shit will end soon and that you will be victorious!
Good to know the minimum fine distance on an rgd4
I would have thought a prefragmented heavy gauge wire would be easier to produce than a flat coil.
Little movie move for the win my guy!
Looks like a can of corned beef with a fuse!
Before it *was* a can of corned beef 😂
Ah, the evolution of the Jam Tin grenade.
5:30 you can see and hear the shrapnel that hit your dirty hill and passed over you
The stamps on the late production polish grenade reminds me of the stamps on the large filter of an old polish gp-5 (MP-3-MUA) style mask I own. Funny enough the material and color of the large filter matches that of the grenade, and seems to be a trope of a lot of old soviet stuff like slings, canvas materials and such.
Looks like a canning factory switched to gernades
Good video, thank you. And a few more words for the algoritm.
same lol
cool
great video buddy, greetings from SvK
RG-42= Angry Soup Can
That's what I was thinking. Or a oil filter. It looks like a grenade.Someone could have made at home in their garage
Sir please survive this war so you can continue to make these very informative videos about weapons that no one else can get their hands on! SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦
I think your best grenade is the F1. Nasty!
Lots of love from Washington State ❤️💪🏻
👍
I was watching a video on how they setup drone drop grenades and they said these Polish ones were one of the best for drone dropping
In the united.
States of america we prefer ground wound base guitar wire Rolled into a coil And glued to the inside Like a Quarter inch thick spool When the device goes off The wire stretches out like a spring and little segments break off Every ring is pre cut So they fly out like tiny little rings Way more powerful than the russian weapon
Looks like they are good for drop drones too!
I'm really hoping for valgear mech someday
Explosive soviet ration can
10:50 BIG NUDS! Greetings form Germany
paper tape fuse safety. old school great
Thanks Val, good job and great analyses ! I Hope see you in the future for explose big toys with you ! Do you propose stages with you and team?
Have you come across any Australian F1 and F2 grenades? I know we supplied quite a lot of them. Completely different to the Soviet F1 grenade of course.
Will there be an MG5 review?
Makes me wonder how many canister oil filters have the same thread pitch and diameter as some fuses might.
What happened to groin protector? Kit update would be awesome, glad you're doing good!
You must have great thrust in soviet engineering and non boobytrapped fuse.
If I'd be evil Russian guy, I'd forget a few crates with zero delay fuses, behind the lines......
if the frag sleeve is not hardened steel, it wont break up as scored. Made for quick cheap production
They are. The editing was a big off. I think he was showing a fizzle. Where the main charge failed so only the detonator blew the body apart. This gave him the opportunity to show the frag sleeve "intact".
What happened was that we were testing bundle charge, made out of leftover rg42 bodies, while the centre one exploded, other bodies around did not and just got squished and flew in all directions, that's how I got the sample
Looks like more concussion then frag
Funny, we got a box sent recently 1949 vintage