GLI-F4 grenade
The GLI-F4 instant tear gas grenade (Grenade GLI-F4, alternatively known as the SAE 810) is an explosive tear gas grenade, manufactured by French company Alsetex. GLI-F4 grenades are classified as "weapons of war" (armes de guerre) in the French Internal Security Code.
GLI-F4 grenade
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- Grenade GLI-F4
- Field
- hand grenade · non-lethal weapon
- Region
- France
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The GLI-F4 instant tear gas grenade (Grenade GLI-F4, alternatively known as the SAE 810) is an explosive tear gas grenade, manufactured by French company Alsetex. GLI-F4 grenades are classified as "weapons of war" (armes de guerre) in the French Internal Security Code.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Grenade GLI-F4 • Origin — France • Type — Hand grenade • Is Explosive — Yes • Service — 2011-2020 • Manufacturer — Alsetex • Filling — TNT, RDX, CS gas
History
History
The GLI-F4 was first authorized alongside the OF-F1 grenade in French law enforcement operation, following Decree 2011–795 on June 30, 2011. It replaced the OF-F1 grenade, which was first suspended after the death of Rémi Fraisse when used during the October 2014 Sivens Dam demonstrations and subsequently forbidden by Decree 2017–1029, on 10 May 2017.
Replacement
Replacement
On 26 January 2020 then-interior minister, Christophe Castaner, announced the withdrawal of GLI-F4 grenades. While the GLI-F4 replacement, GM2L grenade, does not contain TNT, critics such as the Human Rights League argue that it is not clear that these new grenades are much safer as they function in a similar way, while citing that the GLI-F4 was already being phased out.
Design
Design
The GLI-F4's tear gas consists of 10 g of CS gas. Meanwhile, the explosive charge consists of 26 g of TNT and 4 g of hexocire (a mixture of RDX and wax). It could be thrown and used effectively for at max 200 meters.
Usage
Usage
The usage of GLI-F4 has caused cases of mutilation, especially in demonstration events. Three thousand grenades of this type, some of which expired, were used on the Notre-Dame-des-Landes Zone to Defend in April 2018.
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• France • Law enforcement in France • National Gendarmerie
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The circumstances in which GLI-F4 grenade stands. Manufactured by Groupe Étienne Lacroix. Recorded as a kind of non-lethal weapon. Within the Encyclopedia. Connected to 3 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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Study on key technologies for resource recovery and high-value transformation of main charge in decommissioned explosive tear gas grenades, RSC Adv.
Limb Salvage After Grenade-Related Brachial Artery Injury: A Case Report, Mil Med
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