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The green cylinder in the picture is the chinese-made RDX tear gas canister.

Only RDX Tear Gas Bomb?

Below set of pictures are the result from RDX tear gas bomb alone? Many weapon experts thought that Thai police used more than RDX tear gas bomb in the crackdown. Normal tear gas canister shouldn’t have “fame” when firing. Some believes that police’s tactic was to create smoke and noise to cover the uses of other bomb including M26 and M79. However this information can’t be confirmed, yet.

Credit: Tanatach OkNation Blog

Look at the silver ring on the right hand. Isn’t it from this?

Credit: manager.co.th

Those remains... including debris of human's finger and skin.

Credit: Kanis OKNation Blog

Those remains... from BoringsDay.net

Credit: Tear Gas Debris from BoringDays.net

Comparing a tear gas bomb and M26

Some expert said that the bomb in the hand above is the M26 Hand Grenade

Get to know M26, a deadly cobra

M26 is quite old. Although some countries have abandoned it , but you can still find it at the Khmer’s border for 500 baht to 1,000 baht each. In the past, M26 is a lot cheaper.. just a few hundreds.

M26 hand grenade is designed for close combat. It damages a target using many small exploding fragments. It was developed from Mk II. A similar circle shaped, but not visibly ribbed fragmentation grenade, and Mk II also has a skin of custard apple whereas M26’s surface is smooth.

After pulling out a clip, M26 will detonate in 4-5 seconds. Radius of damage accounts for 15 meters. The exploding fragment will cut lower part of a target body. This is why many experts assuming that it was used in the crackdown. However when we consider the blast radius, some have dismissed the idea.

Weight: 425g
Average Throwing Distance: 40m
Blast Radius: 10m-15m
Killing Distance: 5m
Wounding Distance: 25m
Issue: 2 per infantry soldier

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