DM51 hand grenade
Hand grenade
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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
Variant
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DM58
The DM58 is the practice version of the DM51. Painted blue. Reusable.
DM51A1
DM51 with improved DM82A1B1 fuse.
DM51A2
Minor changes compared to the A1 variant.
DM51A3
Modification with improved precursor charge. Introduced in 2006.
Adoption
The DM51 was adopted in 1975 to replace the DM41, West German M26 copy.[6]
The Bundeswehr ordered 100,000 DM51A3 grenades in September 2024.[7]
Later, a framework agreement approved was in December 2024 for the order of DM51 grenades with DM82 fuses.[8]
It was followed by a firm order of 557,400 grenades ordered in March 2025.[9]
Users
Germany
Ukraine
- 10 million grenades
- Donated by Germany in response to Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- 10 million grenades
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)