Scalable Offensive Hand Grenade
| Mk 21 Mod 0 Scalable Offensive Hand Grenade | |
|---|---|
| Type | Hand grenade |
| Place of origin | Norway Finland |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Nammo |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 230 g/module with fuze 190 g/module without fuze |
| Length | Height with fuze 85 mm Module body diameter 53 mm |
| Filling | Composition B (hexotol 60/40) PBXN-110 |
| Filling weight | 115 g/module (Comp B) 130 g/module (PBXN-110) |
The Scalable Offensive Hand Grenade (SOHG) is a type of hand grenade created by Norwegian-Finnish firm Nammo.
Design
The SOHG grenade is based on the HGO-115 non-modular offensive model hand-grenade.[1]
SOHG grenades are "stackable", meaning up to three can be configured[2] and connected to increase blast power to provide overpressuring effects,[3] while using the same fuze.
The base grenade has a non-removable, 3.5 second fuse and a body encasing .25 pounds (110 g) of high explosive, so three connected grenades can have up to .75 lb (340 g) of blast force.[4][5][6]
Adoption
In 2010, US SOCOM began fielding SOHG grenades under the designation Mk 21 Mod 0.[7]
In 2024, the U.S. Marine Corps received deliveries of the Mk 21 Mod 0 SOHG for their frontline infantry units.[8][9]
Users
See also
- Arges Type HG 84 – (Austria)
- Defensive grenade wz. 33 – (Poland, Second Polish Republic)
- DSS-161 – (China)
- Enhanced Tactical Multi-Purpose – (United States)
- F1 grenade (Australia) – (Australia)
- GLI-F4 grenade – (France)
- M26 grenade – (United States)
- M67 grenade – (United States)
- M75 hand grenade – (Yugoslavia)
- Mecar M72 – (Belgium)
- Mk 2 grenade – (United States)
- SFG 87 – (Singapore)
- Spränghandgranat 07 – (Sweden)
References
- ^ "CAT-UXO - Sohg hand grenade". cat-uxo.com. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
- ^ "New 'Scalable' Hand Grenades on Way to Army". www.nationaldefensemagazine.org. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
- ^ "Scalable Offensive Hand Grenade". Nammo. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
- ^ Army Testing Stackable Grenades for Infantry Archived 29 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine - Kitup.Military.com, 20 February 2015
- ^ U.S. Army Tests Soviet-Designed Rocket Launcher Archived 21 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine - Kitup.Military.com, 18 February 2015
- ^ RPGs, grenades and dummies: 9 soldier-tested gadgets - Armytimes.com, 6 April 2015
- ^ "This New Modular Grenade Stacks Like Pringles Chips". 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Don't forget the training requirement – new grenade programme highlights device demand | Shephard". plus.shephardmedia.com. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
- ^ Department of Defense (March 2023). "Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Budget Estimates Navy Procurement of Ammo, Navy & MC" (PDF).