VOG-25 Grenade

Regular fragmentation grenade for the GP-25 Koster underbarrel grenade launcher. This round has a 5 meter kill zone. The VOG-25 grenade is also used in the Tunder S14 complex and Bulldog 6 revolver-type grenade launcher.
― Ingame VOG-25 Grenade description.

The VOG-25 Grenade is a type of grenade launcher shell ammunition featured in all three S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games.

Overview

The VOG-25 40mm anti-personnel caseless grenade that explodes when it hits a hard object, it is designed to fragment upon explosion. When it explodes, it releases a powerful, short-range explosion that would disorient and/or kill everyone in its blast radius.

It is compatible with the GP-25 Koster Grenade Launcher, the Bulldog 6, and the integrated launcher on the Tunder S14.

Appearances

Shadow of Chernobyl

Traders do not sell these grenades, but they can be found in crates or boxes, stashes and received as rewards, primarily by General Voronin by doing jobs for Duty.

Crates or Boxes

• Dark Valley bandit base - armoury room
• Dark Valley bandit base - Borov's office

Mission Rewards

Protect the security post of the Duty Destroy the zombie Destroy the herd of fleshes Destroy the pseudodogs Destroy the security post of the Mercs Destroy the Mercs in the Wild Territory Kill the bandits Destroy the controller

Destroy the bandits Get rid of the pack of dogs Destroy the stalkers' camp Destroy the detachment of Mercs Protect the bandits' base Eliminate the snorks Neutralize the bandit

Stashes

• Chest in the secret stash
• Good supply chest
• Old backpack
• Murk's treasure

Clear Sky

Acquisition

• These grenades can be found in many stashes in the Dark Valley, and few in the Army Warehouses as well as other levels.
• Ashot may sell these after helping Freedom deal with the Mercs in the Dark Valley.
• The Flea Market trader in the Garbage sells these during the evening.
• A crate containing 24 of these grenades and a rare RG-6 is located in Limansk, on the second floor of the building with the mounted machine gun.

Call of Pripyat

Acquisition

• Owl sells these after the player sides with the Loners or Bandits. Hawaiian will sell them if the player sides with Duty.
• Few VOG-25 grenades can be found in the Duty armory in Yanov and at the Volkhov AA Complex in Yanov.
• Shulga will give 2 of those grenades among other items as a reward for returning General Tachenko's PDA in Duty History mission.

Background information

The VOG-25 series grenades are particularly different compared to other grenade shells as these shells are caseless, meaning they have their propellant within the grenade shell itself and does not leave a shell casing as contrast to the M203 40mm Grenade.

Gallery

Two VOG-25 Grenades.

VOG-25 being loaded into GP-25 launcher

"invisible Kostyor" glitch shows position of VOG-25 (ObLost 2010)

down-the-barrel view of VOG-25 inside GP-25 (ObLost 2010): notice rifled bore