Home›Grenades And Explosives›OperatorBrowse ByOperatorThis dimension names the armed force that actually operates a specific weapon system. Wikipedia notes that weapons are used to "gain a tactical, strategic, material, or mental advantage over an adversary or enemy target," an advantage that only exists once a force actually fields the weapon. Browsing this way collects every weapon system operated by the same force.FactsOperatorSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested725 1OperatorFilter Results26 entriesWeapon ClassAllFlamethrower / Incendiary Weapon (7)Grenade / Explosive Device (14)Machine Gun (4)Rifle (6)Shield / Armor (6)Small Arm (1)Submarine / Naval Vessel (1)Tank / Armored Vehicle (4)Weapon FamilyAllAerial Bombs and Cluster Munitions (3)Demolition and Breaching Charges (3)Flamethrowers and Incendiaries (5)Grenade Launchers (17)Hand Grenades (7)Land Mines (8)Rocket-Propelled Grenades and Launchers (3)Introduced EraAll1912 (1)1914 (1)1915 (4)1935 (1)1939 (5)1942 (2)1943 (3)1944 (4)1951 (1)1960 (1)1961 (1)1965 (5)1966 (1)1968 (2)1969 (5)1970 (2)1972 (1)1974 (1)1978 (1)1980 (1)1986 (2)1989 (2)1991 (1)1994 (1)1995 (1)1996 (5)1999 (1)2004 (1)2005 (1)2006 (2)2010 (1)ManufacturerAllAlliant Techsystems (1)Bazalt (2)China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (1)Colt's Manufacturing Company (5)Daewoo (1)Degtyarev plant (2)General Dynamics Corporation (3)Heckler & Koch (4)KBP Instrument Design Bureau (3)Nammo (1)Springfield Armory (1)ST Kinetics (1)Tula Arms Plant (1)Vickers (1)Vyatskiye Polyany Machine-Building Plant (2)CaliberAll105mm (1)25mm (1)30mm (3)30×29mm (3)35 mm grenade (1)40mm (11)40x46mm (8)40x53mm (9)43x30mm (1)45mm (1)64mm (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (18)Out of Production (2)Prototype or Experimental (2)Retired (15)Country of OriginAllBritish Raj (1)China (1)Empire of Japan (1)German Empire (1)German Reich (1)Germany (7)Russia (1)Singapore (1)South Korea (1)Soviet Union (8)United Kingdom (2)United States (9)West Germany (1)Wars Used InAllAmerican Civil War (1)Bosnian War (1)Cambodian Civil War (8)Crimean War (1)Falklands War (6)First Chechen War (4)First Indochina War (2)Gulf War (10)Iraq War (11)Korean War (2)Kosovo War (2)Laotian Civil War (7)Peloponnesian War (2)Russo-Georgian War (2)Russo-Ukrainian War (7)Second Chechen War (4)Second Sino-Japanese War (1)South African Border War (3)Soviet-Afghan War (11)Spanish Civil War (6)Sri Lankan Civil War (2)Syrian Civil War (11)Vietnam War (12)War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) (11)Winter War (4)World War I (6)World War II (8)Yemeni Civil War (2)Yom Kippur War (1)PersonnelAll24,000 (1)58,910 (1)63,500 (1)108,000 (1)184,324 (1)264,000 (1)387,000 (1)438,500 (1)450,000 (2)481,000 (1)1,320,000 (1)1,333,030 (1)2,035,000 (1)StatusAllActive (15)Disbanded (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareArgentine Armed ForcesOperator1 entryAustralian Defence ForceOperator2 entriesBrazilian ArmyOperator2 entriesBritish ArmyOperator3 entriesBundeswehrOperator1 entryCanadian Armed ForcesOperator3 entriesEgyptian Armed ForcesOperator3 entriesFinnish Defence ForcesOperator4 entriesFrench Armed ForcesOperator1 entryImperial Japanese ArmyOperator1 entryIndian ArmyOperator1 entryMexican Armed ForcesOperator1 entryPeople's Liberation ArmyOperator4 entriesRepublic of Korea Armed ForcesOperator1 entryRoyal Air ForceOperator4 entriesRoyal NavyOperator2 entriesRussian Armed ForcesOperator3 entriesRussian NavyOperator1 entrySoviet Armed ForcesOperator6 entriesTurkish Armed ForcesOperator1 entryUnited States Armed ForcesOperator7 entriesUnited States ArmyOperator7 entriesUnited States NavyOperator1 entryVietnam People's ArmyOperator1 entryVolkssturmOperator1 entryWehrmachtOperator8 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.