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OF 37 hand grenade
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Grenade à Main Of 37, best known under the short name OF 37 ("OF" means "Offensive"), is a French hand grenade. It was designed in late 1930s and used by the French army long after WW2 together with similar DF 37 hand grenade. The German Wehrmacht also used captured OF 37s under the name Eihandgranate 302 (f).
Visually OF 37 differs from DF in that the body of OF 37 consists of two parts, while DF 37 has a solid body.
Specifications
(1937 - ????)
- Type: Hand Grenade
- Country of Origin: France
- Diameter: 2.4 in (6 cm)
- Length: 2.6 in (6.7 cm)
- Weight: 0.7 lbs (0.3 kg)
- Charge: 0.2 lbs (0.1 kg) (tolite)
The OF 37 hand grenade can be seen in the following movies and video games:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Battle of Algiers | French paratroopers | 1966 | ||
| Lost Command | French paratroopers | 1966 | ||
| The Gendarme Takes Off | Seen in ammunition depot | 1970 | ||
| The Five Crazy Boys (Les Bidasses en folie) | Jacques Seiler | Sgt. Bellec | 1971 | |
| Gérard Filipelli | Phil | |||
| Jean-Guy Fechner | Jean-Guy | |||
| The Conspiracy (Le complot) | Jean Rochefort | Clave | 1973 | |
| OAS fighters | ||||
| The Secret (Le secret) | French soldiers | 1974 | ||
| The Escape (La carapate) | French gendarmes | Appear as tear gas grenade | 1978 | |
| 15 Minutes of War (L'Intervention) | Olga Kurylenko | Jane | 2019 | |
| Gendarmes and Somalian soldiers |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Reality | 2005 | ||
| 7554 (VG) | "OF37" | 2011 | |
| Call of Duty: WWII | 2017 |