: Regarding the "Glory Bomb", let me give you a few recent examples.
1. Captain Ligiev, the commander of the Russian Airborne Assault Company.
On the battlefield, Captain Ligiev, surrounded by the Ukrainian army, refused to persuade him to surrender, and when he fired the last bullet, he fired the grenade , and died with three Ukrainian soldiers.
Ligiev, xxyev is mostly the Muslim surname
2. Captain Nurmagomed Gargimagomedov.
In March this year, on the front line of Donbas, Captain Ligiev's fellow villager, also a Muslim Russian officer from the Dagestan Autonomous Republic of the Russian Federation (non-sovereign state, similar to the national autonomous region), and captain Nurmagomed Gajimagomedov, the Russian 247th Guard Airborne Assault Regiment, when he was seriously injured, he still insisted on fighting and used his last strength to fire the grenade and died together with the Ukrainian neo-Nazi militants who besieged him.
At this time, it was less than a month before he became a father.
Nurmagomed Gargimagomedov
3. Captain Vladimir Zozulin.
This Russian grassroots commander with the same name as Putin and Zelensky (both called Vladimir), was besieged by the armed forces of the Azov Battalion on his way back after carrying out his reconnaissance team.
In order to cover their comrades to escape from the encirclement, Captain Zuolin, who was injured by shrapnel, voluntarily stayed to deal with the other party. After exhausting all the ammunition, he deliberately lured the enemy to approach and detonated the grenades, and pulled several Azov militants to die together.
Captain Vladimir Zozulin
4. Major Dennis Yajdarov.
In March 2022, in the direction of Ijum in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, Dennis Yajdarov, the battalion commander of the paratrooper of the 31st Independent Guards Airborne Assault Brigade and Major Guards Dennis Yajdarov was surrounded by the Ukrainian army while performing his airborne mission. Facing the dominant enemy, Major Yajdarov cleverly discovered the opponent's defense loophole and began to command the brigade to break through.
As the highest commander of the Russian army on the scene, Major Yajdarov insisted on staying to cover his retreat. When the fierce battle was seriously injured, the young major resolutely pulled the grenade and completed the final battle with his precious life.
Major Dennis Yajdarov
Above four Russian soldiers who chose to die with their grenades were all solemnly awarded the highest honor of the Russian Federation - the title of "Russian Hero" and the Golden Star Medal .
Among them, President Putin also delivered a special speech on Captain Jimagomedov's heroic deeds, highly praised this "Russian hero" as a model of national unity and a role model for Russian soldiers.
Earlier, there was the heroic sacrifice of Major Filipov, a Russian pilot on the Syrian battlefield.
In 2018, on the Syrian battlefield, Russian pilot Major Roman Nikolayevich Filipov was hit by a portable missile in a Su-25 fighter jet by an Syrian extremists.
Major Filipov's work photo before his death
After successfully ejecting parachuting,Major Filipov immediately contacted the surrounding Russian Air Force Base and calmly reported the coordinate position. However, it took another 40 minutes for the search and rescue team to fly here.
Extremists immediately surrounded Major Filipov.
According to the blurred screen of the social media uploaded by extremist members (below), after being surrounded, the single-handed Filipov refused the call to surrender specially translated into Russian, scattered all the magazines on his carry-on, and began to defend himself with a pistol.
As the encirclement became smaller and smaller, when extremists surrounded him and tried to capture him alive, Filipov sounded the glory bomb...
Filipov was only 34 years old when he died, and was posthumously awarded the title of "Russian hero".
Immediately afterwards, Russia carried out a precise bombing of the region, and the extremist armed forces were wiped out.
Later, the Russian Federal Government held a grand state funeral for Filipov, and President Putin attended it in person.
When the song "I Want to Live a Least", all the Russian senior leaders burst into tears.
However, even though this heroic sacrifice of "rather than to be broken", it is very backbone and particularly lethal and deterrent, whether it is the former Soviet Union or contemporary Russia, the government and the army, in fact, have not specially issued the so-called "glorious bomb". The resolute death of these soldiers is their spontaneous choice.
Similar to our Chinese army, especially the deeds of some martyrs reported during the two mountains battles in , many of which are related to the "Glorious Blast".
As a result, some articles that "made up" based on the photos were just based on the photos, saying that each of the PLA soldiers on the front line would be given a very light oval grenade, requiring everyone to sound when the bullets were gone, so they were used to die with the enemy. Therefore, they were also called "Glorious Blast".
Moreover, it is rumored that the fuze of this special "Glorious Bullet" is very short, and it explodes in less than a second, which can effectively avoid the humiliation of being captured.
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In fact, the prototype of this legendary "Glory Bomb" is the Type 82-1 grenade, which was only distributed to frontline officers and soldiers as ordinary melee weapons. The so-called "suicide grenade" that exploded in one second is simply untenable.
The reason why frontline soldiers like to wear it closely is, on the one hand, because of comfort.
82-1 grenade has a beautiful appearance, smooth shell without protrusions, and it is also very comfortable to carry with your shirtless or against your flesh in a humid and hot environment. In contrast, the insurance pins and metal flip plates of 82-2 and 82-3 grenades are exposed, which will be particularly uncomfortable after a long time.
From left to right: 82-1, 82-2, 82-3
And more, the PLA soldiers spontaneously used it to safeguard the honor and dignity of soldiers.
During that period, both China and Vietnam were engaged in frequent "capture wars" and "agent wars", and the scouts had to go deep into the enemy's backbone to carry out missions. During this period, there have been many heroic deeds of PLA soldiers who were surrounded and unwilling to be captured and died with the enemy in a 82-1 style. There are more heroes like
, and there are rumors among the people that this is to avoid being captured. The front-line soldiers specially modified a suicide grenade that can be detonated in just 1 second.
Obviously, the above statements are all nonsense. As mentioned earlier, our army has never issued any so-called "shot and blow up" glorious bombs, nor has it required the soldiers on the front line to wear any "glorious bombs".
In addition, from a security perspective, our army also strictly prohibits modifying weapons at will, including grenade fuzes. Otherwise, the modified fuze will be insecure. As for the statement, there will be far more people killed than the enemy.
Therefore, the legendary "Glorious Bang" is actually the spontaneous choice of front-line officers and soldiers.
Over time, this 82-1 style, which was regarded as a "glorious bullet", became a declaration that would not be a prisoner. It was often hung around the neck by soldiers as decorations to represent their courage and determination.
It can be said that except for the crazy Japanese during the World War II period, almost no country would specifically design and distribute weapons for its soldiers to die with the enemy.
But many brave soldiers will take the initiative to treat grenades that are easy to carry and have great lethality as "glorious bombs".
Even the US military, who are usually afraid of death and surrender, appeared in a senior general who always had a grenade on the battlefield - Li Qiwei, a famous general in World War II and commander-in-chief of the Korean battlefield.
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In the Korean battlefield, facing a reporter's question, General Li Qiwei calmly replied that this is the "last and most effective means" when encountering the enemy.
The TV series " Crossing Yalu River " is more accurate in restoring Li Qiwei's styling.In reality, Li Qiwei always has two things hanging on her chest - one grenade and the other first aid kit.
Li Qiwei in "Crossing the Yalu River"
Of course, this grenade was useless in the end. He lived until 1993 and almost became a centenarian.
But it has to be admitted that the small grenade on Li Qiwei's chest plays a considerable role in boosting morale and shaping his personal image.
Real Liqiwei
From the deeds of several "Russian heroes" at the beginning, we can also find such a rule. In modern warfare, as airborne troops , the probability of their "Glorious Blast" is often higher than other troops.
The reason can be referred to the famous quote from the 101st Airborne Division of the American TV series during World War II - "Parasites are born to be surrounded!"
even, for some Russian troops in specific environments, many times, the "glorious bomb" is their last weapon.
For example, 90 Russian airborne troops confronted 2500 Chechen rebels, the Russian drama " Storm Gate " (produced in 2006), is derived from a tragic battle in the Second Chechen War in .
"Gate of Storm" poster
In the spring of 2000, a group of Chechen illegal armed elements attempted to hijack civilians and escape from the border. At this time, the 6th Airborne Company of the 76th Pskov Division of the Russian Airborne Army was ordered to block the rebels' passage in the Argon Canyon surrounded by mountains.
However, beyond the Russian command post, the Chechen rebels came this time, with a total of more than 2,000 people, and the strength of the two sides was very different.
Faced with the enemy's crazy attack, the Russian airborne troops still held on to the order and vowed to resist to the death.
The Sixth Airborne Company fought a fierce bloody battle with the enemy who was 20 times more than it was. In the end, only 4 of the 90 airborne troops survived (6 were seriously injured and rescued, but 2 of them died).
In this battle, there have been more than once Russian military use RG-60TB temperature-pressure grenades to die with the enemy.
"The Storm Gate" is still far from the end of the scene.
RG-60TB grenade has a typical Soviet weapon feature - stupid, simple, rough, and fierce. It directly uses the bullet body of an ordinary RGD-5 grenade, and is loaded with third-generation thermopress explosives inside, which explodes while spreading. After
is detonated, an overpressure shock wave will quickly form within the kill radius, with the kill radius reaching 17 meters. With such a large explosion power, even if the enemy discovers the attempt to die together, there will be no time to escape.
This heroic battle was soon written by Russian war reporters into the reportage "The Company Falls in the Sky". Later, it was adapted and produced the Russian main theme war TV series "The Gate of the Storm" in 2006.
At that stage of "Gate of Storm", the Russian army had messy military uniforms and simple weapons. They were once ridiculed as "beggar army", but people are really fierce
The whole TV series has climaxes, the characters are full and flesh and blood, with a rough sense of reality, which is very touching.
, especially at the end, restores the situation of "fire at me" back then.
Company Commander said at the end: "How to withdraw? My brothers are all here, I retreat by myself, how can I explain to their mother?"
Although, he also wanted to go back alive to marry the girl he longed for.
Today's "Gate of Storm" has long returned to peace, and only the monument stands quietly here
