Type 77 hand grenade

The Type 77 hand grenade (Chinese: 77式木柄手榴彈, lit. 'Type 77 Wooden Handle Hand Grenade') is a type of hand grenade produced by the People's Republic of China.

Type 77 hand grenade
Type	Hand grenade
Place of origin	People's Republic of China
Service history
In service	1977 - present
Production history
Produced	1977 - present

Design

See also: Stielhandgranate and Type 67 hand grenade

The Type 77 is based on the Type 67, which was inspired by the Stielhandgranate design, in particular, the Model 24.

Compared to the Type 67, the Type 77 is filled with more explosives^[1], while being lighter and compact in shape.

Adoption

The Type 77-1 is one of the standard hand grenades of the People’s Liberation Army alongside the Type 82-2, Type 86 and DSS-161. The other Type 77 variants were not adopted.

Users

• China

See also

• Stielhandgranate
• RGD-5
• Type 67 hand grenade
• Type 82 hand grenade
• Type 86 hand grenade
• Mk 2 grenade
• M26 grenade
• SFG 87
• Mecar M72
• Arges Type HG 84
• GLI-F4 grenade
• F1 grenade (Australia)
• Defensive grenade wz. 33
• M75 hand grenade
• Spränghandgranat 07
• Scalable Offensive Hand Grenade