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Urg-8

V40

V40

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Ok, for a very long time know, since I have owned one, I have always been baffeld by one thing. When I owned a URG-86 grenade (i am getting another one), I tried to figure out what was the little lever right next to the spoon. Can anybody give me a hand in IDing this item and explain whats the purpose behind it?

You guys out there are litterally my last hope.


http://www.munitionstech.com/MTRC/HAND-GRENADES/index2.html Erhard has them all from what I can see. Go down to the third row and you'll have all of the selection of URG-86's. The last two picture on the right show the grenade pin circular with the lever in the middle. NOTE: It has nothing to do with the spoon that I can see. Nor is it attached to anything internall that I could fine. Though it does have a small creep spring on the side facing directly towards the to the side of the grenade.

One last item. I called it in the title of the thread an URG-8, that is extremely wrong so please forgive me.
 
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Hi Mark, I understand the lever allows you to choose either the impact or delay operation of the grenade. Cheers Colin
 
Not trying to hijack this thread but I have a URG-86, lt. green without the drilled fuze head but it has no such lever, but has the space for it. Any ideas where I can get one to complete this grenade?
 
Jolly Green said:
Not trying to hijack this thread but I have a URG-86, lt. green without the drilled fuze head but it has no such lever, but has the space for it. Any ideas where I can get one to complete this grenade?
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At trading fairs across Europe. :p

Does anybody know about that yellow URG 86? I had 2 people telling me only 250-280 were made... Can anyone confirm?
 
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Colin,

thanks, that is what I am looking for. Also, the one I had before didn't have a hole drilled into it either.
 
Jolly Green said:
Not trying to hijack this thread but I have a URG-86, lt. green without the drilled fuze head but it has no such lever, but has the space for it. Any ideas where I can get one to complete this grenade?
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Drilled? You mean that hole? Isn't that a vent hole or something? It doesn't seem to have been drilled out post-production. None of the URG-86 grenades I have seen had no holes......
 
The hole is a means of demilling them.
Mikey can you put one on my list for me bud? I can use either just the lever or the whole fuze head.
 
Do you mean that little green lever?
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Can't make any promises but ok, I'll add it to the list (another fair on sunday). :)



Any info on the yellow one?
 
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mikey25,

That is the lever alright. Thanks guys. I was also told that they are very rare (yellow URG-68).
 
Mikey25 said:
Do you mean that little green lever?
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Can't make any promises but ok, I'll add it to the list (another fair on sunday). :)



Any info on the yellow one?
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That green lever is indeed the choice lever between impact or time delay function. When it is 'up' the lever wil be ejected by a spring, pulling a safetypin out of the greade's detonator, and activates the Allways fuse inside (impact detonation).
When the lever is placed in 'down' position, the lever will be blocked in the head and the pin remains inside the AWF so it is not armed and the grenade will explode by normal function after 4-5 sec delay.

I have to say that in many of the URG-86 (black/green and yellow/yellow) that i saw, the internal allwasfuze inside the Fuse is missing, along with the internal safety-pin and spring. I dit found it however in a demilled 'live' (green/green)

To mention the holes in the fuze: they are drilledto demilitarize the fuze, in the 'real' grenade there are no holes.
 
My variants

My variants Czech grenade URG-86 Zk
Regards
Zdenek
 

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Zdenek,

Now that is a nice picture. Do you happen to know what the different colors mean?

Like I said before, I had one that wasn't drilled. Should of kept that one.
 
Zdenek said:
My variants Czech grenade URG-86 Zk
Regards
Zdenek
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Wow, nice!!

The red one, is it painted or is it actual red plastic (on the inside too)?
What does the red color mean? Practice?
 
Top row standard military model
green -sharp
black -schoul- dummy
green- black - praktice -(weak)
Under row experimental factory colours (original plastic)
Yellow colour is custom production for private company
All fuze combination (variable) impact or time
 
Fuze ZC

Variant granade with fuze ZC - time
No established in cz.army
 

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Zdenek said:
Top row standard military model
green -sharp
black -schoul- dummy
green- black - praktice -(weak)
Under row experimental factory colours (original plastic)
Yellow colour is custom production for private company
All fuze combination (variable) impact or time
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Please tell me everything you know about the yellow one - Anything you know about it is fine.

Been looking a long time for info on that one. I heard there are only 250-280 made.. Is that correct?



Also, any chance you would sell a red one? :D
 
Zdenek,

Do they all have the cut up wire matrix in the bottom of the sphere at the bottom?

Mark
 
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