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[[Image:200px-M-67handgrenade.jpg|thumb|right|600px|M26 HE Frag hand grenade]]
[[Image:200px-M-67handgrenade.jpg|thumb|right|200px|M26 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade]]
[[Image:6696s.jpg|thumb|right|600px|M61 hand grenade, improved version of the M26]]


The '''M26 hand grenade''' was developed in the years right after World War II. This was the first model of hand grenade which still used a cast iron body, but which enclosed either notched wire or shot to serve as the lethal fragments rather than the grenade body itself. This new type of grenade was much more reliable than the old [[Mk 2 hand grenade|Mk 2 "Pineapple" grenades]].


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The '''M26 hand grenade''' was developed in the years right after World War 2.  This was the first model of handgrenade which still used a cast iron body, but which enclosed either notched wire or shot to serve as the lethal fragments rather than the grenade body itself.  This new type of grenade was much more reliable than the old Mk II Pineapple grenades.  The M26 was developed and adopted by the U.S. Army just before the Korean War (1950) but since most units still had huge inventories of Mk II "Pineapple" grenades left over after World War 2, the M26 rarely saw action in the Korean War. Throughout the 1950s it was the issued hand grenade for all Army units, despite the fact that we still had huge leftover inventories of the MK II as well. In the early 1960s another improved version of the M26 was adopted, the '''M61'''.  The '''M61''' had a thin sheet metal body with a notched coiled flat wire and improved fuse. 
==Background Information==
===The Korean War and the 1950s===
The M26 was developed and adopted by the U.S. Army just before the Korean War (1950-1953). However, since most units still had huge inventories of [[Mk 2 hand grenade|Mk 2 "Pineapple" grenades]] left over after World War II, the M26 rarely saw action in the Korean War. Throughout the 1950s it was the issued hand grenade for all Army units, despite the fact that we still had huge leftover inventories of the Mk 2 as well.  


The Vietnam War: Though the M61 was now the official new hand grenade of the U.S. Armed forces, the U.S. shipped tens of thousands of existing stock of Mk II Pineapple and M26 grenades to South Vietnam, for use by the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam).  These were stored in huge military warehouses throughout the country and many M26s were provided to American troops in the field as well, despite the fact that all new grenade production was supposed to supply only the M61.  But the massive increase in munitions requests resulted in a fast retooling of the older M26 line, so an updated M26A1 grenade was issued with a better fuse and explosive compound.  Eventually the M26A1 slowed production and halted, as did the M61 when the newer [[M67 hand grenade]] production ramped up.
===The Vietnam War and the 1960s===
In the early 1960s, another improved version of the M26 was adopted, the '''M61'''.  The '''M61''' had a thin sheet metal body with a notched coiled flat wire and improved fuse.  Though the M61 was now the official new hand grenade of the U.S. Armed Forces, the U.S. shipped tens of thousands of existing stock of Mk 2 Pineapple and M26 grenades to South Vietnam, for use by the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam).  These were stored in huge military warehouses throughout the country and many M26s were provided to American troops in the field as well, despite the fact that all new grenade production was supposed to supply only the M61.  


So you see a mix of M26/M26A1 and M61 hand grenades in use by American forces in Vietnam. Most authors of war books or military articles never bother to reveal the complicated munitions supply issues of the conflict, and most only refer to the M26 as the hand grenade of choice, despite the fact that it is more likely that the virtually identical M61 is really the hand grenade that was used.
The massive increase in munitions requests resulted in a fast retooling of the older M26 line producing an updated grenade. The '''M26A1''' had a better fuse and a different explosive compound. Eventually the M26A1 slowed production and halted, as did the M61 when production of the newer [[M67 hand grenade|M67]] ramped up.


During the conflict, a mix of M26/M26A1 and M61 hand grenades was in use by American forces in Vietnam.  Most authors of war books or military articles never bother to reveal the complicated munitions supply issues of the conflict, and most only refer to the M26 as the hand grenade of choice, despite the fact that it is more likely that the virtually identical M61 is really the hand grenade that was used. 


'''The M26 hand grenade has appeared in the following films and television series used by the following actors:'''
{{Gun Title}}


== M26 hand grenade ==
==M26 Hand Grenade==
 
 
=== Film ===


===Film===
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|-
|-
| [[Ashleigh Cummings]] || Robyn Mathers || [[Tomorrow, When the War Began]] ||  || 2010
|''[[Everything Everywhere All at Once]]''||[[James Hong]]||Gong Gong||||2022
|-
|''[[6 Underground]]''||||yacht guards||||2019
|-
|''[[Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw]]''||[[Vanessa Kirby]]||Hattie Shaw||||2019
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Project Gutenberg]]''||Justin Cheung||Brother Four|| ||rowspan=2|2018
|-
| ||Merlin Guerilla soldier||
|-
|''[[Tokyo Living Dead Idol]]''||uncredited||Imperial Japanese officer||||2018
|-
|''[[The Post]]''||||U.S. Marines||||2017
|-
|''[[Kong: Skull Island]]''||[[Shea Whigham]]||Captain Earl Cole ||||2017
|-
|''[[Neomanila]]''|| ||  ||||2017
|-
| ''[[The Heat]]'' || [[Sandra Bullock]] || FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn || || 2013
|-
| ''[[Battleground (2012)|Battleground]]'' || ||  || || 2012
|-
| ''[[Get the Gringo]]'' || ||  || || 2012
|-
| rowspan="2"|''[[Rise of the Zombies]]'' || [[Mariel Hemingway]] || Dr. Lynn Snyder  || rowspan="2"| || rowspan="2"|2012
|-
| [[LeVar Burton]] || Dr. Dan Halpern
|-
| ''[[Tomorrow, When the War Began]]'' || [[Ashleigh Cummings]] || Robyn Mathers || || 2010
|-
| ''[[Inception]]'' || [[Ken Watanabe]] || Saito || With white paint || 2010
|-
| ''[[Invisible Target]]'' || [[Ka Wah Lam]] || Senior Superintendent Cheung Man Yi ||  || 2007
|-
| rowspan=3|''[[Mercenary for Justice]]'' || [[Langley Kirkwood]] || Kruger ||rowspan=3|  || rowspan=3|2006
|-
| [[Vivian Bieldt]] || Dekerk
|-
| || Mercenaries
|-
|-
| || Terrorist || [[Siege, The|The Siege]] || || 1998
| rowspan=2|''[[We Were Soldiers]]'' || [[Jsu Garcia]] || Cpt. Tony Nadal || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|2002
|-
|-
| [[Danny Glover]] || Roger Murtaugh || [[Lethal Weapon]] || Disguised smoke grenade || 1987
| || U.S. Army soldiers
|-
|-
| ||  || [[Lethal Weapon]] || Seen in crashed car || 1987
|''[[Cross Fire (2000)|Cross Fire]]'' ||  || || on the poster || 2000
|-
|-
| [[Jsu Garcia]] || Cpt. Tony Nadal || [[We Were Soldiers]] || || 2002
| ''[[The Siege]]'' || || Terrorist || || 1998
|-
|-
| || U.S. Army soldiers || [[We Were Soldiers]] ||  || 2002
| ''[[Free Money]]'' || [[Thomas Haden Church]] ||Larry ||  || 1998
|-
|-
| [[Gary Sinise]] || 2Lt. Dan Taylor || [[Forrest Gump]] || || 1994
| ''[[Recoil]]'' || [[Gary Daniels]] || Det. Ray Morgan || || 1998
|-
|-
| || U.S. Army soldiers || [[Forrest Gump]] || || 1994
| ''[[Recoil]]'' || || Marcus Sloan and other robbers || || 1998
|-
|-
| [[Chow Yun-Fat]] || Tequila Yuen || [[Hard Boiled]] || || 1992
| ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' || || || Used as part of IED || 1997
|-
|-
| ||  || [[Tomorrow Never Dies]] || Used as part of IED || 1997
| ''[[Mercenary]]'' ||[[Olivier Gruner]]|| 'Hawk' || || 1996
|-
|-
| [[Robert "Rock" Galotti]] || Huffmeister || [[Platoon]] || || 1986
| rowspan=2|''[[Forrest Gump]]'' || [[Gary Sinise]] || 2nd Lt. Dan Taylor ||rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1994
|-
|-
| [[Kevin Dillon]] || Bunny || [[Platoon]] ||  || 1986
| || U.S. Army soldiers
|-
|-
| || U.S. Army soldiers || [[Platoon]] || || 1986
| ''[[Never Say Die]]'' || [[Billy Drago]] || Reverend James || || 1994
|-
|-
| || U.S. Army soldiers || [[Casualties of War]] ||  || 1989
| ''[[Hard Hunted]]'' ||  || pilot || || 1992
|-
|-
| [[William Sadler]] || Col. Stuart || [[Die Hard 2]] || || 1990
| ''[[Hard Boiled]]'' || [[Chow Yun-Fat]] || Tequila Yuen || || 1992
|-
|-
| || Terrorists || [[Die Hard 2]] || || 1990
| ''[[Do or Die]]'' || [[Dona Speir]] || Donna Hamilton || || 1991
|-
|-
| [[Ken Watanabe]] || Saito || [[Inception]] || With white paint || 2010
| ''[[Enemy]]'' || [[Peter Fonda]] || Ken Andrews || || 1990
|-
| ''[[Enemy]]'' || [[Tia Carrere]] || Mai Chang || || 1990
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Die Hard 2]]'' || [[William Sadler]] || Col. Stuart ||rowspan=2| ||rowspan=2| 1990
|-
| || Terrorists
|-
| ''[[L. A. Bounty]]''|| [[Sybil Danning]] || Ruger || || 1989
|-
| ''[[Red Scorpion]]'' || || Kallunda ||taken off Russian soldier || 1989
|-
| ''[[Casualties of War]]'' || || U.S. Army soldiers || || 1989
|-
| ''[[Bulletproof (1988)|Bulletproof]]'' || [[Darlanne Fluegel]] || Captain Devon Shepard || || 1988
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Lethal Weapon (1987)]]''|| [[Danny Glover]] || Roger Murtaugh || Disguised smoke grenade || rowspan=2|1987
|-
| || || Seen in crashed car
|-
| ''[[In Country]]'' || || US troops || || 1987
|-
| ''[[Demon of Paradise]]'' ||  || Soldiers || || 1987
|-
| rowspan=3|''[[Platoon]]'' || [[Robert "Rock" Galotti]] || Huffmeister ||rowspan=3| || rowspan=3|1986
|-
| [[Kevin Dillon]] || Bunny
|-
| || U.S. Army soldiers
|-
|-
|}
|}
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=== Television ===
=== Television ===


* Former Militia man in ''[[Criminal Minds]]''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="70"|'''Date'''
|-
|  ''[[Criminal Minds - Season 3|Criminal Minds]]''||[[Michael Cudlitz]] || Francis Goehring ||  "Identity" (S3E07)  || 2007
|-
|  ''[[Tour of Duty]]'' || || U.S. soldiers |||| 1987-1990
|-
|''[[Fear the Walking Dead - Season 4]]'' ||[[Colman Domingo]]||Victor Strand ||"Just In Case" (S4E06), "The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now" (S4E07)|| 2018
|-
|''[[True Detective - Season 3|True Detective]]''  ||[[Michael Greyeyes]]||Brett Woodward||||2019
|-
|''[[Jack Ryan - Season 2|Jack Ryan]]''||[[John Krasinski]]||Jack Ryan||||2019
|-
|}


* Russian terrorists in ''[[Seven Days]]''
===Anime===


* Seen on a U.S. Vietnam re-enactor belt on [[Mail Call]].
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|''[[Violence Jack: Hell's Wind Hen]] || Hell's Wind biker ||  || 1990
|-
| ''[[New Dream Hunter Rem: Massacre in the Phantasmic Labyrinth]]'' ||  || is seen in the Geppetto base ||1992
|-
| ''[[New Dominion Tank Police]]'' ||  || Seen among confiscated contraband || 1993
|-
|''[[Hyper Police]]''||Mobster|| ||1997
|-
| ''[[Amazing Nurse Nanako]]'' || Soldier |||| 1999
|-
| ''[[Najica Blitz Tactics]]'' ||  Lila || || 2001
|-
| ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]'' ||  Enrico Beldini || || 2003
|-
| ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' || Sato || || 2004
|-
|''[[The Strange Case Files of Ryoko Yakushiji]]'' || Marianne || || 2008
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino]]'' ||  Franco ||rowspan=2| ||rowspan=2| 2008
|-
| Mob Bodyguard
|-
|''[[Lycoris Recoil]]''
|Mobster
|
|2022
|-
|}


=== Video Games ===
=== Video Games ===


* ''[[Art of Murder: The Secret Files]]'' (not usable)
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Notation'''
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|-
| ''[[WWII G.I.]]'' || Grenade || || Becomes [[Mk 2 Hand Grenade]] when picked up || 1999
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[007: The World Is Not Enough]]'' || Fragmentation Grenade || || || rowspan=2|2000
|-
| Stun Grenade || flash-bang instead of HE-Frag || With blue body
|-
| ''[[Ghost Recon]]'' || FRAG || || || 2001
|-
| ''[[Operation Flashpoint]]'' || || || || 2001
|-
| ''[[Max Payne (video game)|Max Payne]]'' || || || || 2001
|-
| ''[[Time Crisis 3]]'' || || || Unusable || 2003
|-
| ''[[Counter-Strike: Source]]'' || || || || 2004
|-
| ''[[Conflict: Vietnam]]'' || || || || 2004
|-
| ''[[Elite Warriors Vietnam]]'' || || || || 2005
|-
| ''[[Black]]'' || || || || 2006
|-
| ''[[Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]'' || || M61 || || 2006
|-
|''[[Eternal Damnation]]''|| || ||Model from ''[[Postal 2]]''; unusable||2006
|-
| ''[[Crysis]]'' || || Without pins or spoons || || 2007
|-
| ''[[Time Crisis IV]]'' || || || Seen with some enemies in FPS mode, When they are killed, they drop [[Mk 2 hand grenade]]s instead || 2007
|-
| ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' || || With detonation warning tone || || 2008
|-
| ''[[Mercenaries 2: World in Flames]]'' || || || || 2008
|-
| ''[[7.62 High Calibre]]'' || || || M61 || 2008
|-
| ''[[Resident Evil 5]]'' || || || not usable || 2009
|-
| ''[[Rogue Warrior]]'' || || || || 2009
|-
| ''[[Art of Murder: The Secret Files]]'' || || || || 2010
|-
| ''[[Battle: Los Angeles (VG)|Battle: Los Angeles]]'' || || || || 2011
|-
| ''[[War Inc. Battlezone]]'' || || || || 2011
|-
| ''[[Arctic Combat]]'' || || || || 2012
|-
| ''[[Far Cry 3]]'' || || || || 2012
|-
| ''[[Project Reality: Vietnam]]'' || || || M61 version || 2012
|-
| ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls]]'' || Heavy Grenade || || oversized body || 2012
|-
| ''[[Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2]]'' || || || || 2013
|-
| ''[[Warface]]'' || |||| ||2013
|-
| ''[[Far Cry 4]]'' || || || || 2014
|-
| ''[[Rainbow Six Siege]]'' || || ||Unusable || 2015
|-
| ''[[Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades]]'' || || || || 2016
|-
| ''[[Rising Storm 2: Vietnam]]'' || ||||M61 || 2017
|-
| ''[[Ghost Recon Breakpoint]]'' || || || || 2019
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War]]'' || || || unusable || 2020
|-
|}


* ''[[Crysis]]''
== L2A2 Hand Grenade ==
[[Image:L2A2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|L2A2 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade ''(Note different fuze design)'']]


* ''[[Vietcong]]''
A variant of the M26 used by the British military, prior to the adoption of the [[L109 hand grenade]]. Aside from the markings, the other distinguishing feature is the fuze design, which is notably different from that of its American counterpart.


* ''[[Operation Flashpoint]]''
=== Film ===


* ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Character'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| rowspan="3"| ''[[Royal Warriors]]'' || [[Hing-Yin Kam]] || Wong Han aka Cock || rowspan="3"| || rowspan="3"| 1986
|-
| [[Wai-Man Chan]] || Roy Lee aka Tiger
|-
| [[Hiroyuki Sanada]] || Kenji Yamamoto
|-
|}


* ''[[Ghost Recon]]''
=== Television ===


* ''[[Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]'' (M61)
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
* ''[[Max Payne (video game)|Max Payne]]''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title/Episode'''
 
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
* ''[[Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne]]'' (not usable)
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
 
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Note'''
* ''[[Counter-Strike: Source]]'' (I believe this is the right one. although CSS is set in the present day, The more modern M67 should be in the game in place of the M26)
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="70"|'''Date'''  
 
|-
* ''[[Homefront]]'' (HUD icon for M67 grenades)
| ''[[Soldier Soldier (TV series)|Soldier Soldier]]''|| || British Army soldiers || || 1991-1997
 
|-
* ''[[Modern Warfare 2]]'' (unusable)
|}
 
* ''[[Black]]'' (thrown grenade model)
 
* ''[[Battle: Los Angeles (VG)|Battle: Los Angeles]]''
 
== L2A2 hand grenade ==
[[Image:L2A2Frag.jpg|thumb|right|200px|L2A2 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade ''(Note different fuze design)'']]


=== Video Games ===
=== Video Games ===


* ''[[IGI 2: Covert Strike]]''
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Appears as'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date'''
|-
| ''[[Project Reality: Falklands]]'' || || || || 2012
|-
| ''[[Killing Floor]]'' || || || Explosions can be "stacked" || 2009
|-
| ''[[IGI 2: Covert Strike]]'' || || ||  || 2003
|-
| ''[[Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix]]'' ||  ||  ||  || 2002
|-
| ''[[Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror]]'' || HE Grenade ||  ||  || 2002
|-
| ''[[Project IGI: I'm Going In]]'' || || ||  || 2000
|-
|}


* ''[[Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix]]''
===Anime===


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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
|-
| ''[[New Dream Hunter Rem: Massacre in the Phantasmic Labyrinth]]'' ||  || is seen in the Geppetto base ||1992
|-
|}




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M26 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade

The M26 hand grenade was developed in the years right after World War II. This was the first model of hand grenade which still used a cast iron body, but which enclosed either notched wire or shot to serve as the lethal fragments rather than the grenade body itself. This new type of grenade was much more reliable than the old Mk 2 "Pineapple" grenades.

Background Information

The Korean War and the 1950s

The M26 was developed and adopted by the U.S. Army just before the Korean War (1950-1953). However, since most units still had huge inventories of Mk 2 "Pineapple" grenades left over after World War II, the M26 rarely saw action in the Korean War. Throughout the 1950s it was the issued hand grenade for all Army units, despite the fact that we still had huge leftover inventories of the Mk 2 as well.

The Vietnam War and the 1960s

In the early 1960s, another improved version of the M26 was adopted, the M61. The M61 had a thin sheet metal body with a notched coiled flat wire and improved fuse. Though the M61 was now the official new hand grenade of the U.S. Armed Forces, the U.S. shipped tens of thousands of existing stock of Mk 2 Pineapple and M26 grenades to South Vietnam, for use by the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam). These were stored in huge military warehouses throughout the country and many M26s were provided to American troops in the field as well, despite the fact that all new grenade production was supposed to supply only the M61.

The massive increase in munitions requests resulted in a fast retooling of the older M26 line producing an updated grenade. The M26A1 had a better fuse and a different explosive compound. Eventually the M26A1 slowed production and halted, as did the M61 when production of the newer M67 ramped up.

During the conflict, a mix of M26/M26A1 and M61 hand grenades was in use by American forces in Vietnam. Most authors of war books or military articles never bother to reveal the complicated munitions supply issues of the conflict, and most only refer to the M26 as the hand grenade of choice, despite the fact that it is more likely that the virtually identical M61 is really the hand grenade that was used.

The M26 hand grenade and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

M26 Hand Grenade

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Everything Everywhere All at Once James Hong Gong Gong 2022
6 Underground yacht guards 2019
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw Vanessa Kirby Hattie Shaw 2019
Project Gutenberg Justin Cheung Brother Four 2018
Merlin Guerilla soldier
Tokyo Living Dead Idol uncredited Imperial Japanese officer 2018
The Post U.S. Marines 2017
Kong: Skull Island Shea Whigham Captain Earl Cole 2017
Neomanila 2017
The Heat Sandra Bullock FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn 2013
Battleground 2012
Get the Gringo 2012
Rise of the Zombies Mariel Hemingway Dr. Lynn Snyder 2012
LeVar Burton Dr. Dan Halpern
Tomorrow, When the War Began Ashleigh Cummings Robyn Mathers 2010
Inception Ken Watanabe Saito With white paint 2010
Invisible Target Ka Wah Lam Senior Superintendent Cheung Man Yi 2007
Mercenary for Justice Langley Kirkwood Kruger 2006
Vivian Bieldt Dekerk
Mercenaries
We Were Soldiers Jsu Garcia Cpt. Tony Nadal 2002
U.S. Army soldiers
Cross Fire on the poster 2000
The Siege Terrorist 1998
Free Money Thomas Haden Church Larry 1998
Recoil Gary Daniels Det. Ray Morgan 1998
Recoil Marcus Sloan and other robbers 1998
Tomorrow Never Dies Used as part of IED 1997
Mercenary Olivier Gruner 'Hawk' 1996
Forrest Gump Gary Sinise 2nd Lt. Dan Taylor 1994
U.S. Army soldiers
Never Say Die Billy Drago Reverend James 1994
Hard Hunted pilot 1992
Hard Boiled Chow Yun-Fat Tequila Yuen 1992
Do or Die Dona Speir Donna Hamilton 1991
Enemy Peter Fonda Ken Andrews 1990
Enemy Tia Carrere Mai Chang 1990
Die Hard 2 William Sadler Col. Stuart 1990
Terrorists
L. A. Bounty Sybil Danning Ruger 1989
Red Scorpion Kallunda taken off Russian soldier 1989
Casualties of War U.S. Army soldiers 1989
Bulletproof Darlanne Fluegel Captain Devon Shepard 1988
Lethal Weapon (1987) Danny Glover Roger Murtaugh Disguised smoke grenade 1987
Seen in crashed car
In Country US troops 1987
Demon of Paradise Soldiers 1987
Platoon Robert "Rock" Galotti Huffmeister 1986
Kevin Dillon Bunny
U.S. Army soldiers

Television

Title Actor Character Note/Episode Date
Criminal Minds Michael Cudlitz Francis Goehring "Identity" (S3E07) 2007
Tour of Duty U.S. soldiers 1987-1990
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 4 Colman Domingo Victor Strand "Just In Case" (S4E06), "The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now" (S4E07) 2018
True Detective Michael Greyeyes Brett Woodward 2019
Jack Ryan John Krasinski Jack Ryan 2019

Anime

Title Character Note Air Date
Violence Jack: Hell's Wind Hen Hell's Wind biker 1990
New Dream Hunter Rem: Massacre in the Phantasmic Labyrinth is seen in the Geppetto base 1992
New Dominion Tank Police Seen among confiscated contraband 1993
Hyper Police Mobster 1997
Amazing Nurse Nanako Soldier 1999
Najica Blitz Tactics Lila 2001
Gunslinger Girl Enrico Beldini 2003
Elfen Lied Sato 2004
The Strange Case Files of Ryoko Yakushiji Marianne 2008
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino Franco 2008
Mob Bodyguard
Lycoris Recoil Mobster 2022

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
WWII G.I. Grenade Becomes Mk 2 Hand Grenade when picked up 1999
007: The World Is Not Enough Fragmentation Grenade 2000
Stun Grenade flash-bang instead of HE-Frag With blue body
Ghost Recon FRAG 2001
Operation Flashpoint 2001
Max Payne 2001
Time Crisis 3 Unusable 2003
Counter-Strike: Source 2004
Conflict: Vietnam 2004
Elite Warriors Vietnam 2005
Black 2006
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter M61 2006
Eternal Damnation Model from Postal 2; unusable 2006
Crysis Without pins or spoons 2007
Time Crisis IV Seen with some enemies in FPS mode, When they are killed, they drop Mk 2 hand grenades instead 2007
Grand Theft Auto IV With detonation warning tone 2008
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames 2008
7.62 High Calibre M61 2008
Resident Evil 5 not usable 2009
Rogue Warrior 2009
Art of Murder: The Secret Files 2010
Battle: Los Angeles 2011
War Inc. Battlezone 2011
Arctic Combat 2012
Far Cry 3 2012
Project Reality: Vietnam M61 version 2012
Yakuza: Dead Souls Heavy Grenade oversized body 2012
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 2013
Warface 2013
Far Cry 4 2014
Rainbow Six Siege Unusable 2015
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 2016
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam M61 2017
Ghost Recon Breakpoint 2019
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War unusable 2020

L2A2 Hand Grenade

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L2A2 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade (Note different fuze design)

A variant of the M26 used by the British military, prior to the adoption of the L109 hand grenade. Aside from the markings, the other distinguishing feature is the fuze design, which is notably different from that of its American counterpart.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Royal Warriors Hing-Yin Kam Wong Han aka Cock 1986
Wai-Man Chan Roy Lee aka Tiger
Hiroyuki Sanada Kenji Yamamoto

Television

Title/Episode Actor Character Note Date
Soldier Soldier British Army soldiers 1991-1997

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Project Reality: Falklands 2012
Killing Floor Explosions can be "stacked" 2009
IGI 2: Covert Strike 2003
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix 2002
Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror HE Grenade 2002
Project IGI: I'm Going In 2000

Anime

Title Character Note Air Date
New Dream Hunter Rem: Massacre in the Phantasmic Labyrinth is seen in the Geppetto base 1992
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