A grenade insignia is a form of

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which represents a stylized old style of hand grenade, with a rising flame. This symbol is used as a

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in heraldry and is also featured on the uniforms of numerous military units.

Military usage

The insignia is featured on the uniforms of such military units as the: *French Foreign Legion *Italian

Carabinieri The Carabinieri (, also , ; formally ''Arma dei Carabinieri'', "Arm of Carabineers"; previously ''Corpo dei Carabinieri Reali'', "Royal Carabineers Corps") are the national gendarmerie of Italy who primarily carry out domestic and foreign polic ...

*Italian Fanteria *Italian

Cavalleria ''Cavalry'' (Italian: ''Cavalleria'') is a 1936 Italian drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Elisa Cegani and Luigi Carini. The film marked Nazzari's first role as a lead actor, after making his film debut the ...

*Italian Trasmissioni *Italian Granatieri di Sardegna *Italian Trasporti e Materiali *Italian Engineers Corps *Italian Bersaglieri *Dutch Koninklijke Marechaussee * Finnish artillery *

The Grenadiers The Grenadiers is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army, formerly part of the Bombay Army and later the pre-independence British Indian Army, when the regiment was known as the 4th Bombay Grenadiers. It has distinguished itself during the tw ...

Regiment of the

Indian Army The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is a four- ...

*British and Commonwealth

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Regiments *British

Royal Regiment of Fusiliers The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (often referred to as the Royal Fusiliers or, simply, the Fusiliers) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queen's Division. Currently, the regiment has two battalions: the 1st battalion, part o ...

* Royal Canadian Engineers *Commissioned Officers of the British Royal Engineers *Commissioned Officers of the British

Honourable Artillery Company The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) is a reserve regiment in the British Army. Incorporated by royal charter in 1537 by King Henry VIII, it is the oldest regiment in the British Army and is considered the second-oldest military unit in the w ...

*Commissioned Officers of the British

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(collar badge) * Norwegian artillery troops * Portuguese artillery troops *

National Guard of Ukraine The National Guard of Ukraine (NGU; uk, Націона́льна гва́рдія Украї́ни, Natsionalna hvardiia Ukrainy, , ) is the Ukrainian national gendarmerie and Internal Troops, internal military force. It is part of the Minist ...

* Ukrainian mechanized infantry *Officers of the

Hellenic Army The Hellenic Army ( el, Ελληνικός Στρατός, Ellinikós Stratós, sometimes abbreviated as ΕΣ), formed in 1828, is the land force of Greece. The term ''Hellenic'' is the endogenous synonym for ''Greek''. The Hellenic Army is th ...

*Commissioned Officers of the

Armed Forces of Malta The Armed Forces of Malta ( mt, Forzi Armati ta' Malta) is the name given to the combined armed services of Malta. The AFM is a brigade sized organisation consisting of a headquarters and three separate battalions, with minimal air and naval ...

* Royal Life Guards (Denmark) * Brazilian artillery troops * Master Gunnery Sergeant insignia of the

US Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through com ...

United States Army Ordnance Corps The United States Army Ordnance Corps, formerly the United States Army Ordnance Department, is a sustainment branch of the United States Army, headquartered at Fort Lee, Virginia. The broad mission of the Ordnance Corps is to supply Army comb ...

* Romanian infantry troops * South African Army Air Defence Artillery Formation

Example images

British Army

File:Royalregimentoffusiliersbadge.jpg, Old-style grenade used by the

French military

File:Ecoles militaires-béret.jpg, Old-style grenade, used by the military academies, notably the école spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr File:Cadre-spé-béret.jpg, Classic-style grenade, used by many units in the French Army, notably the Infantry regiments File:Grenade legion.svg, Legion-style grenade, used by the Foreign Legion in the French Army.

Italian military

File:Fiamma argentata sovrintendenti Carabinieri.png, Flaming-style grenade, used by the

, the Bersaglieri and some other Army units. File:Gran ber.jpg, Classic-style grenade, used by the Grenadiers, the Infantry and some Cavalry units. File:Fre cav cavg19.jpg, Old-style grenade, used by some Cavalry units.

Ukrainian military

File:Emblem of the National Guard of Ukraine, 2017.svg, Old-style grenade, used by the

. File:БЗ МВ.svg, Classic-style grenade, used by the Mechanized Infantry (Ukraine) of the

Ukrainian Ground Forces The Ukrainian Ground Forces ( uk, Сухопу́тні військá Збрóйних сил Украї́ни), also known as the Ukrainian Army, are the land forces of Ukraine and one of the five branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They ...

United States Armed Forces

File:USMC-E9-MGyS.svg,

United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...

Master Gunnery Sergeant rank insignia. File:USMC CWO Gunner (Dress).png, Rank insignia of a

Chief Warrant Officer.