DM51 hand grenade

The DM51 (German: Deutsches Modell 51, lit. 'German Model 51') is a hand grenade produced by West Germany.

Diehl DM51
A DM-51 hand grenade
Type	Hand grenade
Place of origin	West Germany
Service history
Wars	Russo-Ukrainian War
Production history
Designer	Diehl Defence
Designed	1970s
Manufacturer	Diehl Defence
Produced	1970s - present

Design

The DM51 uses the DM82 fuse^[1][2] that is also used by the American M26 and M67.

The grenade thrower may use the DM51 offensively and defensively,^[3] which has an effective range of 10 m.^[4]

Variant

DM58

DM58

Reusable, practice hand grenade variant. Painted in blue.

DM51A2

Equipped with the improved DM82A1B1 fuse.

DM51A2

Improrved variant.

DM51A3

Improrved variant, introduced in 2006.

Adoption

The DM51 was adopted in 1975 to replace the DM41, West German M26 copy.^[5]

The Bundeswehr ordered 100,000 DM51A3 grenades in September 2024.^[6]

Later, a framework agreement approved was in December 2024 for the order of DM51 grenades with DM82 fuses.^[7]

It was followed by a firm order of 557,400 grenades ordered in March 2025.^[8]

Users

• Germany
  • West Germany
• Ukraine
  • 10 million grenades
    • Donated by Germany in response to Russian invasion of Ukraine.

See also

• Arges Type HG 84 – (Austria)
• Defensive grenade wz. 33 – (Poland, Second Polish Republic)
• F-1 grenade – (Soviet Union)
• F1 grenade – (Australia)
• GLI-F4 grenade – (France)
• HG 85 – (Switzerland)
• M26 grenade – (United States)
• M67 grenade – (United States)
• M75 hand grenade – (Yugoslavia)
• Mecar M72 – (Belgium)
• Mk 2 grenade – (United States)
• RGD-5 – (Soviet Union)
• Scalable Offensive Hand Grenade – (Norway, Sweden)
• SFG 87 – (Singapore)
• Spränghandgranat 07 – (Sweden)
• Stielhandgranate – (German Empire)