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=== Film ===
=== Film ===
* Australian resistance in ''[[Tomorrow, When the War Began]]'' (2010)


* One of the Redhook chop-shop terrorists in ''[[The Siege]]''
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* In the back of General McAllister ([[Mitchell Ryan]])'s car in ''[[Lethal Weapon]]''
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* [[Danny Glover]] as Detective Roger Murtaugh in ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' (turns out to be a smoke grenade in disguise)
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* A "Company Man" in ''[[Mr. & Mrs. Smith]]''
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* U.S. Army soldiers in ''[[We Were Soldiers]]''
| [[Ashleigh Cummings]] || Robyn Mathers || [[Tomorrow, When the War Began]] ||  || 2010
 
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* U.S. Army soldiers in ''[[Forrest Gump]]''
|  || Terrorist || [[Siege, The|The Siege]] ||  || 1998
 
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* [[Chow Yun-Fat]] as Tequila Yuen in ''[[Hard Boiled]]''
| [[Danny Glover]] || Roger Murtaugh || [[Lethal Weapon]] || Disguised smoke grenade || 1987
 
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* Used as part of an improvised explosive device in ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]''
|  ||  || [[Lethal Weapon]] || Seen in crashed car || 1987
 
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* ''[[Platoon]]''
| [[Jsu Garcia]] || Cpt. Tony Nadal || [[We Were Soldiers]] ||  || 2002
 
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* ''[[Casualties of War]]''
|  || U.S. Army soldiers || [[We Were Soldiers]] ||  || 2002
 
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* [[Die Hard 2]]
| [[Gary Sinise]] || 2Lt. Dan Taylor || [[Forrest Gump]] ||  || 1994
 
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* [[Inception]]
|  || U.S. Army soldiers || [[Forrest Gump]] ||  || 1994
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| [[Chow Yun-Fat]] || Tequila Yuen || [[Hard Boiled]] ||  || 1992
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|  ||  || [[Tomorrow Never Dies]] || Used as part of IED || 1997
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| [[Robert "Rock" Galotti]] || Huffmeister || [[Platoon]] ||  || 1986
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| [[Kevin Dillon]] || Bunny || [[Platoon]] ||  || 1986
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|  || U.S. Army soldiers || [[Platoon]] ||  || 1986
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|  || U.S. Army soldiers || [[Casualties of War]] ||  || 1989
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| [[William Sadler]] || Col. Stuart || [[Die Hard 2]] ||  || 1990
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|  || Terrorists || [[Die Hard 2]] ||  || 1990
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| [[Ken Watanabe]] || Saito || [[Inception]] || With white paint || 2010
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=== Television ===
=== Television ===

Revision as of 22:33, 29 October 2011

M26 HE Frag hand grenade
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M61 hand grenade, improved version of the M26


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.

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.

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 M26 hand grenade has appeared in the following films and television series used by the following actors:

M26 hand grenade

Film

Actor Character Title Note Date
Ashleigh Cummings Robyn Mathers Tomorrow, When the War Began 2010
Terrorist The Siege 1998
Danny Glover Roger Murtaugh Lethal Weapon Disguised smoke grenade 1987
Lethal Weapon Seen in crashed car 1987
Jsu Garcia Cpt. Tony Nadal We Were Soldiers 2002
U.S. Army soldiers We Were Soldiers 2002
Gary Sinise 2Lt. Dan Taylor Forrest Gump 1994
U.S. Army soldiers Forrest Gump 1994
Chow Yun-Fat Tequila Yuen Hard Boiled 1992
Tomorrow Never Dies Used as part of IED 1997
Robert "Rock" Galotti Huffmeister Platoon 1986
Kevin Dillon Bunny Platoon 1986
U.S. Army soldiers Platoon 1986
U.S. Army soldiers Casualties of War 1989
William Sadler Col. Stuart Die Hard 2 1990
Terrorists Die Hard 2 1990
Ken Watanabe Saito Inception With white paint 2010

Television

  • Seen on a U.S. Vietnam re-enactor belt on Mail Call.

Video Games

  • 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)
  • Black (thrown grenade model)

L2A2 hand grenade

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

Video Games

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