| Diehl DM51 | |
|---|---|
 A DM-51 hand grenade | |
| Type | Hand grenade |
| Place of origin | West Germany |
| Service history | |
| Wars | Russo-Ukrainian War |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Diehl Defence |
| Designed | 1970s |
| Manufacturer | Diehl Defence |
| Produced | 1970s - present |
The DM51 (German: Deutsches Modell 51, lit. 'German Model 51') is a hand grenade produced by West Germany.
Design
The DM51 uses the DM82 fuse[1][2] that is also used by the American M26 and M67.
The grenade thrower may use the DM51 offensively and defensively,[3] which has an effective range of 10 m.[4]
Variant[5]
DM58
The DM58 is the practice version of the DM51. Painted blue. Reusable.
DM51A1
DM51 with improved DM82A1B1 fuse.
DM51A2
Minor changes compared to the A1 variant.
DM51A3
Modification with improved precursor charge. Introduced in 2006.
Adoption
The DM51 was adopted in 1975 to replace the DM41, West German M26 copy.[6]
The Bundeswehr ordered 100,000 DM51A3 grenades in September 2024.[7]
Later, a framework agreement approved was in December 2024 for the order of DM51 grenades with DM82 fuses.[8]
It was followed by a firm order of 557,400 grenades ordered in March 2025.[9]
Users
Germany
- Ukraine
- 10 million grenades
- Donated by Germany in response to Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- 10 million grenades
See also
- Arges Type HG 84 – (Austria)
- Defensive grenade wz. 33 – (Poland, Second Polish Republic)
- F-1 grenade – (Soviet Union)
- F1 grenade – (Australia)
- GLI-F4 grenade – (France)
- HG 85 – (Switzerland)
- M26 grenade – (United States)
- M67 grenade – (United States)
- M75 hand grenade – (Yugoslavia)
- Mecar M72 – (Belgium)
- Mk 2 grenade – (United States)
- RGD-5 – (Soviet Union)
- Scalable Offensive Hand Grenade – (Norway, Sweden)
- SFG 87 – (Singapore)
- Spränghandgranat 07 – (Sweden)
- Stielhandgranate – (German Empire)
References
- ^ "Handgranaten, Handgranatenzünder/Hand Grenades, Hand Grenade Fuzes" (PDF). Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG. November 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ "Handgranaten, Handgranatenzünder/Hand Grenades, Hand Grenade Fuzes" (PDF). Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG. February 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "DM51". Weaponsystems.net. Archived from the original on 2024-11-19. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ^ "Bundeswehr re-procures 100,000 DM51A3 hand grenades after delivery to Ukraine in 2022". deaidua.org. 2024-01-03. Archived from the original on 2024-09-11. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ^ "DM51". Weaponsystems.net. Retrieved 2026-01-10.
- ^ Rottman, Gordon L. (2015). The Hand Grenade (PDF ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-4728-0735-9.
- ^ "Diehl Defence soll mindestens 100.000 Handgranaten an die Bundewehr liefern" (in German). 2024-01-04. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ "Bundestag billigt 38 Rüstungsvorhaben für rund 21 Milliarden Euro" (in German). 2024-12-18. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ Giansiracusa, Aurelio (2025-03-21). "Bombe a mano DM51 per la Bundeswehr". Ares Osservatorio Difesa (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-03-21.