page_title: Fragging
hierarchical_section_title: Fragging
caption_attribution_description: M-61 Frag Grenade. Primary function: Anti-personnel. Dimensions: Length 3.5 in., diameter 2.5 in. Weight: 13.75 ounces. Maximum effective range: Lethal 16 ft., casualty 49 ft. This particular example was manufactured in May 1969. NOTE: grenade pictured is a M-61 Hand grenade, not the M-67 as labeled on the USAF website at the time.
context_page_description: Fragging is the deliberate killing or attempted killing by a soldier of a fellow soldier, usually a superior officer or non-commissioned officer. The word was coined by U.S. military personnel during the Vietnam War, when such killings were most often attempted with a fragmentation grenade, sometimes making it appear as though the killing was accidental or during combat with the enemy. The term fragging is now often used to encompass any means used to deliberately and directly cause the death of military colleagues.
  The high number of fragging incidents in the latter years of the Vietnam War was symptomatic of the unpopularity of the war with the American public and the breakdown of discipline in the U.S. Armed Forces. Documented and suspected fragging incidents totaled nearly nine hundred from 1969 to 1972.
context_section_description: Fragging is the deliberate killing or attempted killing by a soldier of a fellow soldier, usually a superior officer or non-commissioned officer (NCO). The word was coined by U.S. military personnel during the Vietnam War, when such killings were most often attempted with a fragmentation grenade, sometimes making it appear as though the killing was accidental or during combat with the enemy. The term fragging is now often used to encompass any means used to deliberately and directly cause the death of military colleagues.
  The high number of fragging incidents in the latter years of the Vietnam War was symptomatic of the unpopularity of the war with the American public and the breakdown of discipline in the U.S. Armed Forces. Documented and suspected fragging incidents totaled nearly nine hundred from 1969 to 1972.
caption: M26 grenade, issued to the U.S. Army and U.S. Marines in the Vietnam War, used in many fragging incidents.[1]
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