Military

How tall is an M67 hand grenade?

An M67 hand grenade is about 9 cm (3.54 in) tall.

What is measured: standard US fragmentation grenade

M67 Hand Grenade (9 cm) drawn to scale beside a large coin (2.4 cm) and a smartphone (14.7 cm)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Large coin (2.4 cm), M67 Hand Grenade (9 cm) and Smartphone (14.7 cm).

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How big is that, really?

  • About 61% of the height of a smartphone
  • About the length of a credit card
  • About 24% of the height of a bowling pin
  • About 3.8× the width of a large coin
  • About 13× the length of a grain of rice

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Facts about M67 Hand Grenade

The M67 grenade has a 5-second fuse and an effective casualty radius of about 15 meters.

Source: US Army TM 9-1330-200; Wikipedia: M67 grenade

Military

NameSizeCompared with M67 Hand Grenade
M67 Hand Grenade9 cm (3.54 in)this page
PASGT Combat Helmet18 cm (7.09 in)2×
Colt M1911 Pistol21.6 cm (8.5 in)2.4×
Desert Eagle Pistol26.9 cm (10.6 in)3×
Colt Single Action Army27.9 cm (11 in)3.1×
M9 Bayonet30 cm (11.8 in)3.3×
Roman Gladius Sword65 cm (2 ft 2 in)7.2×
Medieval Crossbow70 cm (2 ft 4 in)7.8×
Thompson Submachine Gun81 cm (2 ft 8 in)9×
MP40 Submachine Gun83.3 cm (2 ft 9 in)9.3×

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Which is bigger: M67 Hand Grenade or PASGT Combat Helmet?

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