Locally manufactured grenade

Locally manufactured grenade is the wording used in Nigerian reporting for a grenade payload carried by armed drones during the 24 December 2024 Wajiroko attack in Borno State. The reporting does not identify a specific factory model, so the entry treats it as a locally fabricated improvised grenade rather than a standardized grenade family.

Locally manufactured grenade, Improvised grenade, Munitions

Image source: M67 grenade image

Profile

Origin: Nigeria
Built by: Unknown local fabricators
Type: Improvised grenade
Designer: Unknown
Designed: Unknown
Produced: Unknown
Number built: Unknown
Variants: Locally manufactured grenade, Locally fabricated grenade

grenadeimprovised UAV strike

Specifications

Identification: Described in reporting as locally manufactured or locally fabricated
Delivery: Carried by armed drones in the 24 December 2024 Wajiroko attack
Function: Short-range explosive payload used in a kamikaze-style strike
Public detail: Exact model, fuze, and dimensions were not identified in the public reporting

Service And Conflict Use

Service History

In service: Documented in reporting on the 24 December 2024 Wajiroko drone attack in northeast Nigeria.

Carrier Drones

Nigerian reporting described locally manufactured grenades being carried by armed drones during the Wajiroko attack.

Carrier

Carrier type

Carriage evidence

Armed commercial quadcopter drone

Commercial quadcopter UAV

ISS, The Nation, and Defense Mirror described armed drones carrying locally made or locally fabricated grenades in the 24 December 2024 Wajiroko attack.

Sources: Lake Chad Basin insurgents raise the stakes with weaponised drones, NAF deploys counter measures against terrorists drones, Boko Haram Militants Attack Two Nigerian Army Bases with Grenade-strapped Drones

Locally manufactured grenade Images

Locally manufactured grenade, Improvised grenade, Munitions - view 1 — Source: M67 grenade image

Locally manufactured grenade, Improvised grenade, Munitions - view 2 — Source: Inert training grenade image

Locally manufactured grenade, Improvised grenade, Munitions - view 3 — Source: German grenade m39 image

Related Weapon Systems

Drone-dropped fragmentation grenade, Improvised drone-delivered grenade, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsDrone-dropped fragmentation grenadeImprovised drone-delivered grenadeDrone-dropped fragmentation grenade is a field-adapted tactic that uses commercial quadcopters or similar small UAVs to release grenades onto exposed targets. In the Israel-Hamas War, open-source reporting documents Hamas using the method during the October 7, 2023 attack and Israeli forces using commercial drones to drop grenades in Gaza in 2025, making it a low-cost, short-range improvised strike method rather than a standardized grenade model.

Improvised drones, Improvised military drone, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsImprovised dronesImprovised military droneImprovised drones in the Myanmar Civil War are locally modified or field-assembled uncrewed aerial systems built from commercial components and open-source know-how. Open-source reporting shows resistance groups converting civilian drones into attack drones for reconnaissance, checkpoint strikes, convoy attacks, and kamikaze missions, while the military later expanded its own drone efforts and adapted similar systems for battlefield use.

GB50A guided bomb, Guided aerial bomb, Munitions

MunitionsGB50A guided bombGuided aerial bombThe Norinco GB50A is a 50 kg-class Chinese guided aerial bomb designed for drone carriage and precision strike use. Amnesty International documented it in RSF attacks in Sudan in 2025.

MAM-C guided bomb, Laser-guided smart micro munition, Munitions

MunitionsMAM-C guided bombLaser-guided smart micro munitionThe MAM-C is a Turkish laser-guided smart micro munition built by Roketsan for UAVs and light attack aircraft. Baykar lists it among the munitions carried by Bayraktar TB2, and Roketsan describes it as a lightweight precision weapon for weight-critical air-to-ground missions.

MAM-L guided bomb, Laser-guided smart micro munition, Munitions

MunitionsMAM-L guided bombLaser-guided smart micro munitionThe MAM-L is a Turkish laser-guided smart micro munition built by Roketsan for UAVs and light attack aircraft. In the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, Azerbaijan fielded Bayraktar TB2 UAVs armed with MAM-L bombs as part of a precision-strike campaign against Armenian air defenses, armor, vehicles, and other ground targets.

Molotov cocktails, Hand-thrown improvised incendiary weapon, Munitions

MunitionsMolotov cocktailsHand-thrown improvised incendiary weaponMolotov cocktails are improvised incendiary weapons built around a breakable container and ignition source, used at very short range against personnel, vehicles, and structures. In the Battle of Marawi, Reuters reporting identified them among the close-range threats faced by Philippine government troops fighting IS-aligned militants in dense urban terrain.

Sources

Lake Chad Basin insurgents raise the stakes with weaponised dronesPublisher: Institute for Security Studies | Note: Supports the locally made grenade description in the 24 December 2024 Wajiroko drone attack and the broader Lake Chad basin armed-drone context. | Accessed: 2026-06-23 NAF deploys counter measures against terrorists dronesPublisher: The Nation | Note: Supports the locally fabricated grenade description in the 2024 Wajiroko drone attack and the Nigerian Air Force's counter-UAV response. | Accessed: 2026-06-23 Boko Haram Militants Attack Two Nigerian Army Bases with Grenade-strapped DronesPublisher: Defense Mirror | Note: Supports the locally made grenade description and the drone-carried attack on FOB Wajiroko on 24 December 2024. | Accessed: 2026-06-23 M67 grenade imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Representative grenade photo used for page imagery; this is not the specific grenade identified in the Wajiroko reporting. | Accessed: 2026-06-23 Inert training grenade imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Representative inert grenade image used for page imagery; this is not the specific grenade identified in the Wajiroko reporting. | Accessed: 2026-06-23 German grenade m39 imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Representative hand-grenade photo used for page imagery; this is not the specific grenade identified in the Wajiroko reporting. | Accessed: 2026-06-23