Grenadier

Grenadier kit icon

“	Provides indirect fire support with launched grenades, also can mark targets with launched smoke markers.	„
	~ In-game description

The Grenadier is one of the Fire Support roles available in Squad. A Grenadier is usually armed with a standard rifle with an under-barrel grenade launcher (UGL) mounted on it; the exception is the second grenadier class of the Turkish Land Forces, which has a revolver-style multiple grenade launcher (MGL).

Description

The Grenadier's role is to provide indirect fire support with his UGL using:

• either High-Explosive shells to engage enemy infantry behind light cover at a range of up to 400 meters
• or smoke shells, providing a smokescreen to conceal friendly forces as well as disorienting enemy.

Thanks to the V10 Update, learning the arc at which the grenades fly from your UGL is no longer necessary, all one must do is use the games in game ranging system. The majority of UGL ranging systems provide a "low arc" direct-fire mode; the Russian GP-25 UGL also has a indirect fire mode that throws a "high arc" like a mortar. Players should still learn to add or subtract angles for distances between pre-set range options.

Each squad is limited to one grenadier kit.

Loadout

1. Assault Rifle, Carbine or Battle Rifle
2. 0-1 Pistols, Knife
3. 10 Frag/HE/HEDP Rounds
4. 2 White Smoke Rounds, 2 + 2 Colored Smoke Rounds
5. 2 Field Dressings
6. Entrenching Tool, 0-1 Field Binoculars

Conventional factions receive a powerful optic on their primary. Unconventional factions receive a pistol and field binoculars.

Gameplay

• The main weapon of the Grenadier is the HE/Frag/HEDP grenade.
  • Each grenadier gets around 10 such grenades, allowing for a volley to be launched.
  • A good grenadier is effective at a range of up to 300-400 meters.
  • The main purpose of the explosive shell is to eliminate tightly packed groups of enemy infantry. The blast radius is slightly smaller than that of a frag grenade.
  • The HE shell also has some use against light vehicles:
    • 5 shells can destroy a technical or vehicles of a comparable HP.
    • Most shells have 5–10 mm of penetration. They cannot damage the armored hull of most wheeled infantry fighting vehicles (except from the back, but even that is unreliable), but can deflate one tire with just one direct hit, making them much easier targets for the Light Anti-Tank player.
• The grenadier should also use their smoke grenades to provide concealment for teammates and obscure vision from enemy positions. Fired rounds provide a column of smoke, big enough for covering doorways and upper windows. Smoking entrenched enemy positions could cut them off from the battle.
• A Squad Leader or teammate with a rangefinder could provide the grenadier with an exact distance to the target.

Kit Variants

Faction	Primary weapon	Secondary Weapon	Explosives	Smoke grenades	Medical supplies	Addtl. equipment
Australian Army	EF88 SL40 + Specter, 6 mags	SOCP Knife	SL40 High Explosive Dual Purpose, 10 rounds	SL40 Smoke Marker White, 2 rounds SL40 Smoke Marker Blue, 2 rounds SL40 Smoke Marker Red, 2 rounds	Field Dressing, 2 packages	Entrenching Tool
British Armed Forces	L85A2 L123A2 + LDS, 7 mags	SA80 Bayonet	L123A2 High Explosive Dual Purpose, 10 rounds	L123A2 Smoke Marker White, 2 rounds L123A2 Smoke Marker Blue, 2 rounds L123A2 Smoke Marker Red, 2 rounds	Field Dressing, 2 packages	Entrenching Tool
Canadian Army	C8A3 M203A1 + C79A2, 5 mags	Bayonet2000	M203 High Explosive Dual Purpose, 10 rounds	M203 Smoke Marker White, 2 rounds M203 Smoke Marker Blue, 2 rounds M203 Smoke Marker Red, 2 rounds	Field Dressing, 2 packages	Entrenching Tool
United States Army	M4 M203 + M150, 7 mags	M9 Bayonet	M203 High Explosive Dual Purpose, 10 rounds	M203 Smoke Marker White, 2 rounds M203 Smoke Marker Blue, 2 rounds M203 Smoke Marker Red, 2 rounds	Field Dressing, 2 packages	Entrenching Tool
United States Marine Corps	M16A4 M203 + M150, 7 mags	OKC-3S	M203 High Explosive Dual Purpose, 10 rounds	M203 Smoke Marker White, 2 rounds M203 Smoke Marker Blue, 2 rounds M203 Smoke Marker Red, 2 rounds	Field Dressing, 2 packages	Entrenching Tool
People’s Liberation Army	QBZ95‑1 + YMA600, 8 mags	QNL95 Bayonet	QLG10 High Explosive, 10 rounds	QLG10 Smoke Marker White, 2 rounds QLG10 Smoke Marker Blue, 2 rounds QLG10 Smoke Marker Red, 2 rounds	Field Dressing, 2 packages	WJQ308
People’s Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps	QBZ95‑1 QLG10 + YMA600, 7 mags	QNL95 Bayonet	QLG10 High Explosive, 10 rounds	QLG10 Smoke Marker White, 2 rounds QLG10 Smoke Marker Blue, 2 rounds QLG10 Smoke Marker Red, 2 rounds	Field Dressing, 2 packages	WJQ308
Russian Airborne Forces	AK-12 GP-25 + 1P87, 7 mags	AK74 Bayonet	GP-25 Fragmentation, 10 rounds	GP-25 Smoke Marker White, 6 rounds	Field Dressing, 2 packages	MPL50 Spade
Russian Ground Forces	AK-74M GP-25 + 1P78, 7 mags	AK74 Bayonet	GP-25 Fragmentation, 10 rounds	GP-25 Smoke Marker White, 2 rounds GP-25 Smoke Marker Blue, 2 rounds GP-25 Smoke Marker Red, 2 rounds	Field Dressing, 2 packages	MPL50 Spade
Middle Eastern Alliance	G3A3 HK79 + ZF1, 6 mags	G3 Bayonet	HK79 High Explosive, 10 rounds	HK79 Smoke Marker White, 2 rounds HK79 Smoke Marker Blue, 2 rounds HK79 Smoke Marker Red, 2 rounds	Field Dressing, 2 packages	MPL50 Spade
Turkish Land Forces	MPT-76 AK-40GL + A940, 7 mags	G3 Bayonet	AK-40GL High Explosive Dual Purpose, 10 rounds	AK-40GL Smoke White, 2 rounds AK-40GL Smoke Blue, 2 rounds AK-40GL Smoke Red, 2 rounds	Field Dressing, 2 packages	Entrenching Tool Field Binoculars
	MPT-76, 6 mags		MKE MGL High Explosive Dual Purpose, 12 rounds	MKE MGL White Smoke, 12 Rounds M18 Smoke White, 2 grenade
Insurgents	AKM GP-25, 7 mags	PM Makarov, 2 mags AKM Bayonet	GP-25 Fragmentation, 10 rounds	GP-25 Smoke Marker White, 2 rounds GP-25 Smoke Marker Blue, 2 rounds GP-25 Smoke Marker Red, 2 rounds	Field Dressing, 2 packages	MPL50 Spade Soviet Field Binoculars
Irregular Militia	AKS-74 + 1P63, 7 mags	AKM Bayonet	RPG-7 Fragmentation, 5 rockets RGD5 Fragmentation, 2 grenades	RDG2 White Smoke, 2 grenades	Field Dressing, 2 packages	MPL50 Spade Soviet Field Binoculars
	M16A2 M203, 7 mags		M203 Fragmentation, 10 rounds	M203 Smoke Marker White, 2 rounds M203 Smoke Marker Blue, 2 rounds M203 Smoke Marker Red, 2 rounds

Gallery

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  British Armed Forces grenadier; notice the L123A2 (AG36) underbarrel grenade launcher under the L85A2

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  First-person view of M203 leap sights on M4A1

See also

• Kit Role Selection