M75 hand grenade
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | M-75 anti-personnel hand grenade |
| image | M75 Grenade.JPG |
| image_size | 250 |
| caption | The picture shows both the grenade and its plastic transportation can. |
| origin | Yugoslavia |
| type | Hand grenade |
| is_explosive | 1 |
| is_vehicle | |
| wars | Yugoslav Wars |
| variants | M93 (Macedonia) |
| weight | |
| length | 89 g |
| crew | |
| sights | |
| traverse | |
| haft_type | |
| diameter | 57 mm |
| filling | Plastic explosive |
| filling_weight | 33 g |
| :: |
| name = M-75 anti-personnel hand grenade | image = M75 Grenade.JPG | image_size = 250 | caption = The picture shows both the grenade and its plastic transportation can. | origin = Yugoslavia | type = Hand grenade | is_ranged = | is_bladed = | is_explosive = 1 | is_artillery = | is_vehicle = | service = | used_by = | wars = Yugoslav Wars | designer = | design_date = | manufacturer = | production_date = | number = | variants = M93 (Macedonia) | weight = 335 g | length = 89 g | part_length = | crew = | cartridge = | caliber = | action = | rate = | velocity = | range = | max_range = | feed = | sights = | breech = | recoil = | carriage = | elevation = | traverse = | blade_type = | hilt_type = | head_type = | haft_type = | diameter = 57 mm | filling = Plastic explosive | filling_weight = 33 g | detonation = | yield = The M75 grenade (English: kashikara, Serbian Latin: kašikara, Serbian Cyrillic: кашикара) is a Yugoslav hand grenade, efficient in trenches, forests and bunkers.
Design
The grenade consists of a body, an explosive charge and "mouse trap" style fuse mechanism, all contained in a plastic transportation can.
The core contains 3,000 steel balls with a diameter of 2.5-3 mm with an effective killing radius of 12-18 m, and a casualty radius of 30-54 m. The explosive charge is 36-38 g of plastic explosive.
The fuse, named "bušon" in Serbian, has a delay time of 3 to 4.4 seconds. Its name comes from the Serbian word for a spoon, "kašika". In American English, the lever of the grenade is colloquially known as the "spoon".
Variant
M-93
North Macedonian production variant.
Criminal usage
Croatia
In 2021, one M75 hand grenade was used in Pakrac, Croatia.
Milorad Arsenić, a former member of Serbian paramilitary forces in Croatia attacked three employees of Croatian power company HEP that came to disconnect his power for unpaid bills.
In 2024, an M75 hand grenade exploded at a party in Knin, Croatia, killing a 25-year-old man and injuring four others.
Kosovo
In 2023, one M75 hand grenade was used in the ethnically-mixed 'Bosniak Neighborhood' in North Mitrovica, Kosovo.
A car was damaged, in what minister of interior Xhelal Sveçla claimed to be an attack by criminal structures in reaction to the arrest of 3 ethnic Serbs in the town of Vushtrri, suspected of war crimes in the Kosovo War.
Sweden
Main article: List of grenade attacks in Sweden
A shipment of leftover M75 grenades (and the M-93) from the Yugoslav Wars was taken to Sweden and sold for as little as 20 kronor to organised criminals and street gangs, who have been using them in numerous attacks since 2008 (ongoing as of 2025).
England
M75 grenades were used by criminal families in England, including an attack that killed two police officers in 2012.
Belgium
In 2018, two M75 hand grenades were used in Deurne, Antwerp. The attack is possibly linked to a drug war in Antwerp.
Germany
In 2001, the M75 was used to attack the VIP-Area of a Club in Hamburg. 9 People were injured, including the singer of Lord of the Lost, Chris Harms.
The M75 was used during a gang war in the region around Stuttgart in 2023. During a funeral of a gang member at the cemetery of Altbach near Esslingen, a member of a rival gang threw one M75 at the mourners. The grenade bounced of a tree branch, throwing it off course, and exploded near the growed, still leaving 15 people injured. According to police reports, a direct hit would have led to 20+ fatalities.
References
References
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- (24 November 2024). "Na zabavi u Kninu eksplodirala bomba, poginuo mladić (25), četvero mladih ranjeno". Index.hr.
- (22 September 2023). "Sveçla: Shpërthimi në veri, hakmarrje për arrestimin e tre serbëve për krime lufte". [[Koha Ditore]].
- Olofsson, Diana. (31 July 2015). "Billigare att köpa handgranat än en glass". [[Sveriges Television.
- (23 July 2015). "Malmö värst drabbat av sprängningar i hela Skandinavien". [[Sydsvenskan]].
- (2025-02-18). "Skarp granat låg på cykelbana – hundratals passerade".
- (13 June 2013). "Grenade stash in Oldham drain - BBC News - 13 June 2013". BBC News.
- "'Granaten gebruik je toch alleen in oorlog?'". De Standaard.
- (2023-03-03). "ESC 2023 – "Lord Of The Lost"-Frontmann: Auf einer Promi-Party wurde ich fast getötet".
- (30 January 2024). "Bandenkriminalität im Südwesten - Das Ländle und die Gangs". Tagesschau.de.
- Aktuell, S. W. R.. (2024-03-06). "Anschlag mit Handgranate auf Trauergemeinde: Urteil rund um Banden-Kriminalität gefallen".
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