The GLI-F4 instant tear gas grenade (French: Grenade GLI-F4, alternatively known as the SAE 810) is an explosive tear gas grenade, manufactured by French company Alsetex. GLI-F4 grenades are classified as "weapons of war" (French: armes de guerre) in the French Internal Security Code.
== History == The GLI-F4 was first authorized alongside the OF-F1 grenade in French law enforcement operation, following Decree 2011–795 on June 30, 2011. It replaced the OF-F1 grenade, which was first suspended after the death of Rémi Fraisse when used during the October 2014 Sivens Dam demonstrations and subsequently forbidden by Decree 2017–1029, on 10 May 2017.
=== Replacement === On 26 January 2020 then-interior minister, Christophe Castaner, announced the withdrawal of GLI-F4 grenades. While the GLI-F4 replacement, GM2L grenade, does not contain TNT, critics such as the Human Rights League argue that it is not clear that these new grenades are much safer as they function in a similar way, while citing that the GLI-F4 was already being phased out.
== Design == The GLI-F4's tear gas consists of 10 g (0.35 oz) of CS gas. Meanwhile, the explosive charge consists of 26 g (0.92 oz) of TNT and 4 g (0.14 oz) of hexocire (a mixture of RDX and wax). It could be thrown and used effectively for at max 200 meters.
== Usage == The usage of GLI-F4 has caused cases of mutilation, especially in demonstration events. Three thousand grenades of this type, some of which expired, were used on the Notre-Dame-des-Landes Zone to Defend in April 2018.
== Users == France Law enforcement in France National Gendarmerie
== See also == Hand grenade F1 grenade – (France) F1 grenade (Australia) – (Australia) LU 213 grenade – (France) M26 grenade – (United States) M67 grenade – (United States) Mk 2 grenade – (United States)
References
=== Works cited === Daillère, Aline; Linglet, Salomé (14 March 2016). L'Ordre et la force - Enquête sur l'usage de la force par les représentants de la loi en France (PDF). Action des chrétiens pour l'abolition de la torture.