OD 82/SE

The OD 82 / SE is a hand grenade, currently issued to the Italian Army.

History
In the 70s and 80s of the twentieth century it is necessary to replace the SRCM Mod. 35, dating back to World War II. A first model of the new grenade, the OD / 82-HE with its training version OD / 82-E-1, was produced by the company "La Precisa S.p.A." Teano.

Adopted by the Army, the production was immediately interrupted after numerous episodes (even fatal) of premature outbreak. The grenade was then modified by the Italian's army "Stabilimento Militare di Munizionamento Terrestre" (S.M.M.T.) of Baiano di Spoleto and was adopted by armed force as OD 82 / SE; The OD acronym stands for Offense / Defense; 82 is about to 1982, the year of production of the first model; the abbreviation SE added after Arsenal changes, is going to High Safety in italian Sicurezza Elevata. The conditioning of OD / 82 remained in the arsenal was interrupted due to the explosion of the "riservetta 73" of the same SMMT, which took place on April 10 of 2005, where were stored the OD / 82 still to be edited.

Starting in 2013 is in progress the replacement of OD / 82 with MF-2000, produced at the factory of Terrestrial Military Ammunition Baiano di Spoleto; its activation system is realized by SACIL srl of Pratissolo of Scandiano near Reggio Emlia.

Features
The OD 82 / SE is controlled fragmentation hand grenade, unique offensive and defensive type, in time pirico delay; The safety distance is 20 meters and effectiveness 5 meters is 85%. The bomb body is khaki with a yellow line. A Training model OD 82-E-1 is rather blue with brown line.