EGD-5 Frag Grenade
The EGD-5 Frag Grenade is a common military fragmentation grenade in DayZ. It can be thrown or attached to a Tripwire as a trap, uses a 4-second fuse, has an effective lethal radius of about 3 meters, and can still cause injuries out to roughly 9 meters.
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The EGD-5 Frag Grenade is a military fragmentation explosive used for anti-personnel damage in DayZ. It is meant to be thrown by hand or used with a Tripwire to create an explosive booby trap. It is lethal at close range and still dangerous at medium range, making it one of the most practical explosive weapons for room clearing, ambushes, and area denial.
In-game description
“Fragmentation grenade type used by eastern forces. It is lethal in small radius, but it can cause serious injuries at medium ranges.”
Main Uses
- Throw to kill or heavily injure enemies at close range
- Clear rooms, corners, and enclosed spaces
- Flush players out of cover
- Use with a Tripwire to create an explosive booby trap
- Punish entrenched enemies or players hiding behind cover
- Control space and deny pushes in buildings or chokepoints
How to use this item
Throw a frag grenade
Pull the pin, throw the grenade, and use the blast to kill, injure, or force enemies out of cover.
- Equip the EGD-5 Frag Grenade.
- Pull the pin using the action button.
- Throw the grenade toward the target area.
- Take cover or create distance before detonation.
- Push, reposition, or hold the angle after the blast.
Use with a Tripwire
The EGD-5 Frag Grenade can be attached to a Tripwire to create an explosive trap.
How to get EGD-5 Frag Grenade
- Search military loot locations.
- Check barracks, military checkpoints, and other military areas.
- Loot players carrying grenades or trap materials.
Spawn info
- • The EGD-5 Frag Grenade is a common military explosive.
- • It can be thrown normally or used as part of a Tripwire trap.
- • It is designed for anti-personnel use and is lethal at short range.
Important notes
- The EGD-5 Frag Grenade uses a 4-second fuse.
- Its lethal radius is about 3 meters.
- Its injury radius extends to roughly 9 meters.
- It can be added to a Tripwire to create an explosive booby trap.
- Walls and floors usually block the damage of the explosion.
- It does not detonate in the thrower's hand or simply next to other grenades after the pin is pulled.
- It can cause instant death, unconsciousness, injury, hearing loss, or blurred vision.
- Careful distance judgment is important because you can easily injure or kill yourself at close range.
- It is based on a post-World War II Soviet anti-personnel fragmentation grenade designed in the early 1950s.