The GLI-F4 instant tear gas grenade (, alternatively known as the SAE 810) is an explosive tear gas grenade, manufactured by French company .
The GLI-F4 was first authorized alongside the OF-F1 grenade in French law enforcement operation, following Decree 2011âÂÂ795 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 2017âÂÂ1029, on 10 May 2017.
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.
The GLI-F4's tear gas consists of of CS gas. Meanwhile, the explosive charge consists of of TNT and of hexocire (a mixture of RDX and wax). It could be thrown and used effectively for at max 200 meters.
GLI-F4 grenades are classified as "weapons of war" () in the .
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.