Infantry Weapons

SplHGR-80 hand grenade

The SplHGR-80 is an Austrian defensive fragmentation hand grenade with a plastic body, preformed steel-ball fragmentation, and a striker-release fuze. In the Boko Haram Insurgency archive it is treated cautiously as recovered or held insurgent materiel, based on Lake Chad basin weapons reporting rather than a documented single battlefield use.

Boko Haram InsurgencyBoko Haram and ISWAP

Conflict side: Boko Haram and ISWAP
Built by: Dynamit Nobel Wien
Built in: Austria

SplHGR-80 hand grenade, Defensive fragmentation hand grenade, Infantry Weapons

Image source: ARGES SPLHGR 85 image

Profile

Type: Defensive fragmentation hand grenade
Conflict side: Boko Haram and ISWAP
Origin: Austria
Service note: Late Cold War design documented in post-2015 insurgent materiel reporting

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Service History

In service: Documented in grenade identification references and later Lake Chad basin materiel reporting
Used by: Boko Haram factions
Wars: Boko Haram Insurgency

Production History

Designer: Unknown
Designed: By 1980
Built by: Dynamit Nobel Wien
Built in: Austria
Unit cost: Not publicly reported
Produced: 1980s
Number built: Not publicly reported
Variants: Spl HGr 80, EHG explosive hand grenade designation

Specifications

Length: 115 mm
Diameter: 60 mm
Weight: 585 g
Filler: 75 g plasticized PETN
Fuze: Striker release, 4 to 5 second delay
Fragmentation: Approximately 4,000 steel balls embedded in a plastic body
Effects: Reported 10 m lethal radius and 100 m safety radius

Conflict Usage

Boko Haram Insurgency: Side: Boko Haram and ISWAPRole: Recovered close-range fragmentation munitionstrike
Listed among hand grenades in service with, or recovered from, Boko Haram factions in Lake Chad basin materiel reporting; the source does not identify a specific attack or capture event.

SplHGR-80 hand grenade Images

SplHGR-80 hand grenade, Defensive fragmentation hand grenade, Infantry Weapons - view 1 — Source: ARGES SPLHGR 85 image

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Sources

The Management of Lethal Materiel in Conflict SettingsPublisher: International Peace Information Service / Small Arms Survey | Note: Boko Haram Insurgency source listing SplHGR-80 hand grenades among materiel in service with, or recovered from, Boko Haram factions; supports that the grenade was used by or recovered from insurgent forces, while not identifying a specific attack. | Accessed: 2026-06-21 Hand and Rifle Grenades - Worldwide Identification GuidePublisher: US Army Foreign Science and Technology Center / Defense Intelligence Agency, hosted by Small Arms Review | Note: Supports Spl HGr 80 identification, Austrian origin, defensive hand-grenade type, dimensions, weight, filler, fuze delay, construction, and effects data. | Accessed: 2026-06-21 Identificacion & Rastreo de ExplosivosPublisher: Scribd mirror | Note: Secondary explosives-identification reference used only for the Dynamit Nobel manufacturer attribution for the Austrian Spl HGr 80 entry; core specifications are corroborated by the US identification guide. | Accessed: 2026-06-21 Military Small Arms and Light Weapons Production in Western EuropePublisher: Small Arms Survey | Note: Supports background on Austrian hand-grenade and military-explosives producers, including Arges/Ulbricht and Dynamit Nobel Wien. | Accessed: 2026-06-21 ARGES SPLHGR 85 imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance for a CC0 image of the closely related ARGES SPLHGR 85; no rights-clear exact SplHGR-80 image was found during this pass. | Accessed: 2026-06-21