M75 hand grenade
| M-75 anti-personnel hand grenade | |
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The picture shows both the grenade and its plastic transportation can. | |
| Type | Hand grenade |
| Place of origin | Yugoslavia |
| Service history | |
| Wars | Balkan war |
| Production history | |
| Variants | M93 (Macedonia) |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 335g |
| Length | 89mm |
| Diameter | 57mm |
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| Filling | Plastic explosive |
| Filling weight | 33g |
The M75 grenade (English: Kashikara, Serbian Latin: Kašikara, Serbian Cyrillic: Кашикара) is a Yugoslav hand grenade,[1] efficient in trenches, forests and bunkers. The grenade consists of a body, an explosive charge and "mouse trap" style fuse mechanism, all contained in a plastic transportation can.
The core contains 3,000 steel balls with a diameter of 2.5–3 mm with an effective killing radius is 12–18 m, and a casualty radius of 30–54 m. The explosive charge is 36–38 grams of plastic explosive. The fuse, named "Bušon" in Serbian, has a delay time of 3 to 4.4 seconds. Its name comes from the Turkish word for a spoon, "Kašika". In American English, the lever of the grenade is colloquially known as the "Spoon". The M-75 hand grenade was also produced in Macedonia, where it is designated M-93.
Leftover grenades of this type (and the M-93) from the Yugoslav Wars have been used in bomb attacks by organised criminals in Malmö..[2] Others were used in a gun and grenade attack against two British police officers in 2012 [3]