BT/AT 52
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| used_by = Israeli Defence Force
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| manufacturer = Israel Military Industries
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The BT/AT 52 is a rifle grenade manufactured by Israeli Military Industries. It is propelled by a bullet trap, and is derived from the earlier MA/AT 52 model.{{cite book|editor=Hogg, Ian V|title=Jane's Infantry Weapons (Sixteenth Edition) 1990 |year=1990 |chapter=Grenades |publisher= Jane's Information Group |location=Coulsdon, Surrey |isbn=978-0710609069 }}
In Israeli service, it can be fired from either the 7.62 FN FAL or the 5.56 IMI Galil rifle.{{cite book|author=Robert Cashner|title=The FN FAL Battle Rifle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DZidAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA22|date=20 August 2013|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-1-78096-903-9|pages=21–22|quote=At first, Israel manufactured a copy of the Energa rifle grenade for use with their FALs. Other, more recent designs are still in production. A good example is the Israeli-made BT/AT-52. This is a BT (bullet-trap) rifle grenade that can be used with 5.56mm or 7.62mm weapons which share the same-diameter muzzle device, with a maximum range of 300m.}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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External links
- [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KOO6kWa5gU4/TxmfgqLp9NI/AAAAAAAACLM/-Uc0wyXTsnY/s1600/image010.jpg An IDF paratrooper with AT52 rifle grenade in Jerusalem during the Six Day War.]
- [https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/7f/f5/85/7ff585cbcd780035ce77e77237162929.jpg IDF soldier armed with FAL rifle and AT52 rifle grenades]
- [http://www.combatreform.org/idfriflegrenadier.jpg IDF patrol in Lebanon, soldier in foreground is armed with a Galil and an AT52 rifle grenade]
- [http://s381.photobucket.com/user/FEDE_EL_SOMALI/media/646466_zps52d8ff18.jpg.html An AT52 rifle grenade mounted on the muzzle of a Galil]
- [https://aquellasarmasdeguerra.wordpress.com/2014/10/25/granadas-de-fusil-fragmentarias-y-antitanque/ Article (in Spanish) with reference to Israeli rifle grenades]
- {{cite web | url=https://cat-uxo.com/explosive-hazards/grenades/51mm-maat-52-rifle-grenade | title=51mm MA/AT 52 Rifle Grenade | publisher=Collective Awareness to Unexploded Ordnance (CAT-UXO) | access-date=6 September 2023 }}
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