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!
@berganalphabet
3 ай бұрын
Hey man, how was it determined it was this grenade body? Perhaps by the pieces of shrapnel removed?
@FlatRangeOperator
3 ай бұрын
@@berganalphabet chunks of the body will remain even if its been exploded. the old TNT inside isn't that devastating
@AldoSchmedack
3 ай бұрын
Any tips on countering, healing, avoiding, etc?
@AldoSchmedack
3 ай бұрын
TY for your service btw!
@dementedbowine8681
3 ай бұрын
@@AldoSchmedack pry the big guys dont decide to do war
@bigb018
3 ай бұрын
Grenades and warheads with fragmentation liners, and pre-engraved fragmentation have always fascinated me
@3isr3g3n
3 ай бұрын
It's effed up. My grandpa had shrapnel in him until the day he died.
@TheCptnZ
3 ай бұрын
i believe its to increase the brisance effect.
@RustyBear
3 ай бұрын
Lol thee ppl we subbed too are very similar 😂
@Tadders
2 ай бұрын
Same, I have so many research PDF files about external ballistics and fragmentation characteristics etc. it's so fascinating man
@poppinboppin7250
Ай бұрын
So grenades in general?
@a16thcenturypeasant98
3 ай бұрын
I'm I the only one to feel a bit of relief when I see a new Val video?
@Stunkos
3 ай бұрын
No, people spam it in the comments for literally every single video for the last 2 years.
@beekydogg
3 ай бұрын
@@Stunkosbecause he’s a cool seeming guy in a fucking war zone. It is nice to see he’s alive.
@user-ki4llalm6kr
3 ай бұрын
@@beekydogg can't wait till the day he stops posting tho😂😂😂
@tangojuliett1230
3 ай бұрын
@@user-ki4llalm6kr What a disgusting thing to say. It really reflects poorly on you as a person. You're probably a bot though.
@Anti-Fake-ul9oe
3 ай бұрын
@@user-ki4llalm6kr Meaning the end of the nasty war started by the Kiev regime, and follow through by Putin.
@Crimerenegade
3 ай бұрын
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...
@KorianHUN
3 ай бұрын
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.
@justinjacobson9499
3 ай бұрын
Me watching 2nd test: I wonder how hes going to arm the grenade Val: Pulls pin and casually sets it down Me: Oh....
@tackytrooper
Ай бұрын
Lol in the classic slavic fashion
@DerDieDasScheisse
3 ай бұрын
Always good to see you safe.
@muellermartin9661
3 ай бұрын
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
@wes11bravo
3 ай бұрын
Hearing the fragments sing through the air after the deep bass thump gives one an idea of how deadly effective this grenade is.
@bakenbeans420
3 ай бұрын
Not just this grenade. All grenades. No matter how shoddily crafted.
@Ejuicey
3 ай бұрын
Wishing you and all yours, all the best of luck from here in England. Stay strong, stay safe.
@ľőŵďǒpė86
3 ай бұрын
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.
@dacomputerlives8264
3 ай бұрын
nice to see you're safe this thing has the optimal form to be reused as a bean can if it's a dud
@cggentry
3 ай бұрын
Never underestimate a Campbell's soup can.
@Legitpenguins99
3 ай бұрын
20:45 HAHA! He ignites a grenade like I would light fireworks as a kid!
@akyukon
3 ай бұрын
20:45? Video is 12:27 long.
@GavinC.S
3 ай бұрын
@@akyukon maybe he means 10:45?
@nabilarshaqghofranhakeem8118
3 ай бұрын
@@GavinC.S nah he watch the extra premium version
@donovancollard3578
3 ай бұрын
One of these days we need a grenade tier list
@prfwrx2497
3 ай бұрын
Val, you're a madlad! Plopped down that frag and didn't even duck!
@fr4x153
3 ай бұрын
Val! How are you? Nice seeing you uploading! So at least we now you are allright
@fridrekr7510
3 ай бұрын
He's on leave in the Carpathians and plans to film some camo vidoes.
@diamonddiet
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for what you're doing Valgear. Glad to see such professional/honorable soldiers in the AFU.
@BangWax
3 ай бұрын
Just found this channel. Wow. I hope there is more just like this. Love the breakdown and delivery. Great job bro
@Oblivisci........
3 ай бұрын
Much love from New England, Val. Stay strong and stay safe. 🇺🇸♥️🇺🇦
@deejaysmooove8953
3 ай бұрын
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♥️♥️♥️
@2thomask833
3 ай бұрын
The way he ran from the grenade at the end was my favourite Val gear footage 😂
@eloryosnak4100
2 ай бұрын
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
@orion3253
3 ай бұрын
I firmly support the Valgear cult of personality.
@chost-059
3 ай бұрын
This belongs into a museum!
@nikkishocker1
22 күн бұрын
Thats a vicious little grenade at close range, woah
@samogeste3241
3 ай бұрын
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
@warrensteel9954
3 ай бұрын
I doubt anyone on the receiving end would be mocking it...
@ЯнНоев
2 ай бұрын
Ты ещё жив?
@honeybadger660
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the great content! Stay safe out there
@watcherOFsteppe
3 ай бұрын
Best this type of videos from Val, stay safe.
@gussie88bunny
3 ай бұрын
This is an excellent video, thank you. Gus
@thomasg4324
3 ай бұрын
*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.
@_car5323
Ай бұрын
I’m pretty sure it’s the fuze getting blown out the top of the grenade.
@thomasg4324
Ай бұрын
@@_car5323 No kidding.
@sudsreserve5474
3 ай бұрын
Thanks my friend. Very interesting
@-r-495
3 ай бұрын
simple tool but yet it probably goes boom. your english has changed, you‘re better than me now!
@jam9482
3 ай бұрын
Love the new style on the thumbnail. Godspeed👍
@obsidianjane4413
3 ай бұрын
Interesting hybrid between a "offensive" and "defensive" grenade.
@thepatriotsrage661
3 ай бұрын
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.
@TroubleTwo
3 ай бұрын
Valgear, please do videos on the main Soviet grenades used in the conflict like F-1 and RGD-5 and your opinions on both!
@StuartWhelan-up8vs
3 ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliant thanks for sharing first one of your videos lve seen definitely got a subscription here
@veelad
3 ай бұрын
bro really rubbing TNT powder between his fingers LOL damnnn
@mixererunio1757
Ай бұрын
For those who don't know, TNT is poisonous and can irritate the skin. I would certainly not recommend rubbing it in fingers.
@EdMontego
3 ай бұрын
I seen this Grenade on the Buar110 Channel dropped from Drones. Its Brutally Effective
@elburropeligroso4689
Ай бұрын
RG-42= Angry Soup Can
@alexanderstordeur9434
Ай бұрын
That's what I was thinking. Or a oil filter. It looks like a grenade.Someone could have made at home in their garage
@olejnik5165
3 ай бұрын
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
@anadin0612
3 ай бұрын
Thank you good sir.
@camdinpolak1781
3 ай бұрын
Love the video and always look forward to them❤
@fr4x153
3 ай бұрын
Nice!!
@KikoMCR
3 ай бұрын
Val, brother Next time make it the MG 42! Best regards
@thepatriotsrage661
3 ай бұрын
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!
@KikoMCR
3 ай бұрын
@@thepatriotsrage661 i know i know, said 42 for the joke
@thepatriotsrage661
3 ай бұрын
@@KikoMCR :)
@TamasMateffy
3 ай бұрын
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.
@_wojskowy_6324
3 ай бұрын
I love your viedos. Greatings from Poland 🇵🇱❤️🇺🇦
@bakenbeans420
3 ай бұрын
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.
@samsham8218
3 ай бұрын
Val is THE BEST.
@solobushcraft1
3 ай бұрын
Good to see you again Val
@ludekspurny5553
3 ай бұрын
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🇨🇿❤️🇺🇦
@thepatriotsrage661
3 ай бұрын
Well said mate. Keep safe yourself. Slava Ukraini. Best wishes from South Africa.
@pewel100
3 ай бұрын
Great video, tkank you!
@JasonBrinkley-ef4zg
3 ай бұрын
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.
@grenademage
3 ай бұрын
the angry bean tin lol
@ManuelPetrosi-es7rk
3 ай бұрын
Glad to se another video , stay safe brother
@Superwip
3 ай бұрын
An other interesting video, the second test looked a bit dangerous, please stay safe, not only on the frontline ;)
@philthethotdestroyer4194
2 ай бұрын
11:56 grenade bullseye 💀
@larsandreasrisy4402
3 ай бұрын
Keep up the good work and stay safe💪🇺🇦😃🇳🇴
@Legitpenguins99
3 ай бұрын
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
@pyro1047
2 ай бұрын
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.
@BellicTaxi
26 күн бұрын
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).
@vevenaneathna
3 ай бұрын
lol that last test was spicy. nice
@cesargonzalez4146
3 ай бұрын
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.
@limeybonesjones7395
3 ай бұрын
great factual video
@JoeyMoeyHoey
3 ай бұрын
Happy you're safe and hope it stays that way! Hope this shit will end soon and that you will be victorious!
@michaladamec1618
3 ай бұрын
great video buddy, greetings from SvK
@toastpuppy3491
3 ай бұрын
Ooh! Vintage! Will you do any of the other WWII Soviet grenades like the RGD-33?
@funnikaszeb4
3 ай бұрын
i doubt someone has access to functional RGD-33 nowadays
@therideneverends1697
3 ай бұрын
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
@ivankalash2696
3 ай бұрын
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.
@hoilst265
3 ай бұрын
Ah, the evolution of the Jam Tin grenade.
@ThePizzaGoblin
3 ай бұрын
I would have thought a prefragmented heavy gauge wire would be easier to produce than a flat coil.
@Beblue1337
3 ай бұрын
5:30 you can see and hear the shrapnel that hit your dirty hill and passed over you
@trey85031
3 ай бұрын
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
@brianmurray1395
3 ай бұрын
I think your best grenade is the F1. Nasty!
@jouxremi900
3 ай бұрын
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?
@tomhenry897
3 ай бұрын
Looks like a canning factory switched to gernades
@flack3
3 ай бұрын
Much love from Canada! Thanks for the videos! Slava Ukraini!❤
@Steve-mr5un
3 ай бұрын
Poor liner breakup, though I suppose the larger shards and fragments cause more severe wounds and have an easier time defeating soft armor.
@bloodypine22
11 күн бұрын
On the other hand they will loose velocity quicker. The RGD-33 of WWII fame had a similar body, and could be equipped with a fragmentation sleeve meant to facilitate the spread of fragmentation over longer distances because the sheet metal was limited in that regard
@chrisbrent7487
3 ай бұрын
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.
@wadewirthland2039
Ай бұрын
Good to know the minimum fine distance on an rgd4
@cornyhorsecornhorsington7522
3 ай бұрын
Lots of love from Washington State ❤️💪🏻
@olafspetzki
3 ай бұрын
Hey, nice video and greetings from Germany. I always wondered how deep small shrapnel would penetrate, like e.g. from the German DM51, 6500 x 2 mm BBs.
@thepatriotsrage661
3 ай бұрын
Good question! Those DM51's in a confined space would be DEADLY!
@marklandwehr7604
3 ай бұрын
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
@RoFKillaBacon
2 ай бұрын
Little movie move for the win my guy!
@clinchdev
3 ай бұрын
Looks like they are good for drop drones too!
@mr6johnclark
3 ай бұрын
Looks like a can of corned beef with a fuse!
@paulpaulsen7777
Ай бұрын
Before it *was* a can of corned beef 😂
@kylehurd6956
2 ай бұрын
In videogames they always make grenades seem much more powerful than they are in real life
@EmberArcher
3 ай бұрын
What happened to groin protector? Kit update would be awesome, glad you're doing good!
@fjuraa
3 ай бұрын
cool
@hinz1
3 ай бұрын
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......
@SuperLaplander
3 ай бұрын
Good video, thank you. And a few more words for the algoritm.
@marcush7688
3 ай бұрын
same lol
@xusmico187
3 ай бұрын
paper tape fuse safety. old school great
@TimmyInTarky
3 ай бұрын
to the sides it even broke the brick wall. Ouch.
@benjaminnickerson3961
3 ай бұрын
Makes me wonder how many canister oil filters have the same thread pitch and diameter as some fuses might.
@ivankalash2696
3 ай бұрын
Explosive soviet ration can
@xusmico187
3 ай бұрын
if the frag sleeve is not hardened steel, it wont break up as scored. Made for quick cheap production
@obsidianjane4413
3 ай бұрын
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".
@valgear5525
3 ай бұрын
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
@JBo77
Ай бұрын
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 🇺🇦
@BlitzKriegFM
3 ай бұрын
Is there anything you need that we can send you? Repair kits?
@petrraf3031
3 ай бұрын
Jak já nesnášel český přízvuk v angličtině... A jak najednou ho rád slyším. Ačkoliv nejsi Čech, jsme na tebe hrdí. Buď opatrný. Hrdinům sláva.
@tomhenry897
3 ай бұрын
Looks like more concussion then frag
@doombringer3498
3 ай бұрын
It literally throws shuriken blades around. Bleeding from such blade shrapnel wounds must be much more severe than from wounds made by 2-mm or 4-mm bbs of more modern frag grenades (although modern ones produce more dense/consistent shrapnel dome)
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