Home›Grenades And Explosives›Country of OriginBrowse ByCountry of OriginFactsCountry of OriginSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested725 1Country of OriginFilter Results17 entriesWeapon ClassAllFlamethrower / Incendiary Weapon (4)Grenade / Explosive Device (13)Machine Gun (1)Rifle (1)Shield / Armor (1)Small Arm (1)Tank / Armored Vehicle (8)Weapon FamilyAllAerial Bombs and Cluster Munitions (2)Booby Traps and Improvised Devices (1)Demolition and Breaching Charges (3)Flamethrowers and Incendiaries (3)Grenade Launchers (9)Hand Grenades (2)Land Mines (8)Rocket-Propelled Grenades and Launchers (3)Introduced EraAll1912 (1)1914 (2)1915 (2)1935 (2)1940 (1)1942 (1)1943 (1)1944 (3)1955 (1)1957 (1)1960 (2)1961 (1)1965 (1)1966 (1)1968 (1)1969 (1)1970 (3)1972 (1)1974 (1)1978 (1)1979 (1)1980 (1)1986 (1)1989 (1)1991 (1)1994 (1)1995 (1)1996 (3)1999 (1)2004 (1)2005 (1)2006 (1)2010 (2)2014 (1)ManufacturerAllAlliant Techsystems (2)BAE Systems plc (1)Barrett Firearms Manufacturing (1)Bazalt (1)China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (1)Colt's Manufacturing Company (1)Daewoo (1)Degtyarev plant (2)General Dynamics Corporation (1)Heckler & Koch (2)Howa Machinery (1)KBP Instrument Design Bureau (2)Nammo (1)Sloboda Čačak (1)Springfield Armory (1)ST Kinetics (1)Textron Inc. (1)Trayal (1)Tula Arms Plant (1)Vickers (1)Vyatskiye Polyany Machine-Building Plant (1)OperatorAllAustralian Defence Force (1)Brazilian Army (1)British Army (1)Bundeswehr (1)Canadian Armed Forces (2)Egyptian Armed Forces (2)Finnish Defence Forces (3)French Armed Forces (1)Imperial Japanese Army (1)Indian Army (1)Mexican Armed Forces (1)People's Liberation Army (2)Republic of Korea Armed Forces (1)Royal Air Force (1)Russian Armed Forces (2)Russian Navy (1)Soviet Armed Forces (1)Turkish Armed Forces (1)United States Armed Forces (3)United States Army (2)United States Navy (1)Vietnam People's Army (1)Volkssturm (1)Wehrmacht (3)CaliberAll105mm (1)25mm (2)30mm (2)30×29mm (2)35 mm grenade (1)40mm (5)40x46mm (2)40x53mm (4)43x30mm (1)45mm (1)64mm (2)90mm (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (11)Prototype or Experimental (3)Retired (9)Wars Used InAllBosnian War (1)Cambodian Civil War (2)Cold War (1)Falklands War (1)First Chechen War (1)First Congo War (1)First Indochina War (1)Gulf War (2)Iraq War (2)Korean War (1)Laotian Civil War (2)Russo-Georgian War (1)Russo-Ukrainian War (3)Second Chechen War (2)Second Sino-Japanese War (1)South African Border War (2)Soviet-Afghan War (2)Spanish Civil War (1)Sri Lankan Civil War (2)Syrian Civil War (5)Vietnam War (5)War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) (3)Winter War (1)World War I (3)World War II (7)Yemeni Civil War (2)Yom Kippur War (1)Yugoslav Wars (1)Area (sq km)All744.3 (1)100,472 (1)242,500 (1)248,577 (1)255,804 (1)302,069 (1)357,022 (1)377,975 (1)4,238,773 (1)9,572,900 (1)9,866,632 (1)9,984,670 (1)17,075,400 (1)22,402,200 (1)Dissolution or End YearAll1918 (1)1945 (1)1947 (1)1990 (1)1991 (1)1992 (1)Government TypeAllConstitutional Monarchy (3)One-Party (1)Republic (5)Income GroupAllHigh (9)Upper-Middle (1)Independence or Founding YearAll1776 (1)1801 (1)1858 (1)1861 (1)1867 (1)1868 (1)1871 (2)1918 (1)1922 (1)1945 (1)1947 (1)1949 (3)1965 (1)1991 (1)LandlockedAllNo (10)PopulationAll6,110,200 (1)23,271,000 (1)41,417,056 (1)51,106,229 (1)58,900,000 (1)63,250,000 (1)69,414,000 (1)83,497,147 (1)122,587,000 (1)142,557,000 (1)293,047,571 (1)318,942,000 (1)340,587,000 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 17British RajCountry of Origin1 entryCanadaCountry of Origin1 entryChinaCountry of Origin1 entryEmpire of JapanCountry of Origin1 entryGerman EmpireCountry of Origin2 entriesGerman ReichCountry of Origin2 entriesGermanyCountry of Origin7 entriesItalyCountry of Origin1 entryJapanCountry of Origin1 entryRussiaCountry of Origin2 entriesSingaporeCountry of Origin1 entrySouth KoreaCountry of Origin1 entrySoviet UnionCountry of Origin12 entriesUnited KingdomCountry of Origin7 entriesUnited StatesCountry of Origin17 entriesWest GermanyCountry of Origin1 entryYugoslaviaCountry of Origin3 entriesSources1. Wikipedia: Grenadetier 2WikipediaGrenade, Pre-gunpowder sectionQuote, Grenade, Pre-gunpowder sectionRudimentary incendiary grenades appeared in the Byzantine Empire, not long after the reign of Leo III (717-741).View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.