Khattabka

Khattabka (Russian: хаттабка) is a popular Russian and Chechen name for a homemade hand grenade. It was dubbed so after Ibn Al-Khattab and used by various North Caucasus rebels.[1]

They are commonly manufactured from cartridges VOG-17 and VOG-17M for AGS-17 grenade launcher of Soviet design supplied with standard grenade fuses (Russian: УЗРГМ, also Soviet design).[1]

Bulgarian weapon manufacturer Arcus produces AR-ROG hand grenades of similar design.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Борис Прибылов, Евгений Кравченко, "Ручные и ружейные гранаты" ("Hand and Rifle Grenades"), Арктика 4Д, ISBN 978-5-902835-04-2, 776 pp., 2008 (Russian)
  2. ↑ Arcus AR-ROG defensive hand grenade (Bulgaria), Grenades - Hand


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